Andar, Una Filosofía / A Philosophy of Walking - Paperback
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In this French bestseller, leading thinker and philosopher Frédéric Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to B--the pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature ramble--and reveals what they say about us. Gros draws attention to other thinkers who also saw walking as something central to their practice. On his travels he ponders Thoreau's eager seclusion in Walden Woods; the reason Rimbaud walked in a fury, while Nerval rambled to cure his melancholy. He shows us how Rousseau walked in order to think, while Nietzsche wandered the mountainside to write. In contrast, Kant marched through his hometown every day, exactly at the same hour, to escape the compulsion of thought. Brilliant and erudite, A Philosophy of Walking is an entertaining and insightful manifesto for putting one foot in front of the other.
Andar, Una Filosofía / A Philosophy of Walking - Paperback
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by Frédéric Gros (Author)
Caminar es mucho más que poner un pie delante del otro. Y si solo se pudiera pensar bien a través de los pies?
«Un admirable libro que entusiasmará incluso a los sedentarios empedernidos. -Le Monde des Livres
Andar no exige ni aprendizaje, ni técnica, ni material ni dinero. Sólo requiere de un cuerpo, de espacio y de tiempo. Cada día son más los aficionados a caminar, y todos ellos obtienen los beneficios de esa propensión: sosiego, comunión con la naturaleza, plenitud...
In this French bestseller, leading thinker and philosopher Frédéric Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to B--the pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature ramble--and reveals what they say about us. Gros draws attention to other thinkers who also saw walking as something central to their practice. On his travels he ponders Thoreau's eager seclusion in Walden Woods; the reason Rimbaud walked in a fury, while Nerval rambled to cure his melancholy. He shows us how Rousseau walked in order to think, while Nietzsche wandered the mountainside to write. In contrast, Kant marched through his hometown every day, exactly at the same hour, to escape the compulsion of thought. Brilliant and erudite, A Philosophy of Walking is an entertaining and insightful manifesto for putting one foot in front of the other.
Author Biography
Frédéric Gros es profesor de filosofía en la Universidad Paris-XII. Ha trabajado ampliamente en la historia de la psiquiatría (Création et folie, PUF), la filosofía de la pena (Et ce sera justice, Odile Jacob) y el pensamiento occidental de la guerra (Etats de violence, Gallimard). Fue también el editor de las últimas lecciones de Foucault en el Collège de France.
Number of Pages: 248
Dimensions: 0.8 x 9.38 x 5.84 IN
Publication Date: April 07, 2026