The Book Of Dead Philosophers - Softcover
Starting from the premise that philosophers' deaths have been as interesting as their lives, Simon Critchley looks at the strange circumstances in which some philosophers have died and then confronts the big themes - in this case, what 'a good death' means and how to live with the knowledge of death. The book consists of short entries on various philosophers, cataloguing the manner of their demises and linking this to their central ideas, from the Pre-Socratics to Rousseau, Kant and Nietzsche among many others. The book concludes with Critchley's thoughts on the ideal of the philosophical death as a way of denouncing contemporary delusions and sophistries, what Francis Bacon saw as the Idols of the Tribe, the Den, the Market-Place and the Theatre (incidentally, Bacon died in a particularly cold winter in London in 1626 from a cold contracted after trying to stuff a chicken with snow as an experiment in refrigeration).
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`A highly original miscellany ... There is wit here in abundance and lots of excellent last words' - Guardian --Review
'This fascinating study considers Cicero's axiom that "to philosophise is to learn how to die' - The Times --Review
`Informative and entertaining ... Critchley moves elegantly through a wide berth of philosophy' - Independent on Sunday -- Review
'Critchley, a philosopher not just alive but lively, turns this departure board into a suggestive digest of Western thought' - Independent --Review
`In a way that is rather addictive, Simon Critchley charts the death of every philosopher you can name' - Evening Standard
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About the Author:
'This fascinating study considers Cicero's axiom that "to philosophise is to learn how to die' - The Times --Review
`Informative and entertaining ... Critchley moves elegantly through a wide berth of philosophy' - Independent on Sunday -- Review
'Critchley, a philosopher not just alive but lively, turns this departure board into a suggestive digest of Western thought' - Independent --Review
`In a way that is rather addictive, Simon Critchley charts the death of every philosopher you can name' - Evening Standard
--Review
Simon Critchley is Professor of Philosophy at the New School in New York. He is the author of many books, most recently On Heidegger's Being and Time and Infinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance and has also written about the philosophy of humour and poetry. He was born in the UK lives in Brooklyn.
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1847080790
- ISBN 13 9781847080790
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