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Andar, Una Filosofía / A Philosophy of Walking - by  Frédéric Gros (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Andar, Una Filosofía / A Philosophy of Walking - by Frédéric Gros (Paperback)

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  • Caminar es mucho más que poner un pie delante del otro.
  • About the Author: Frédéric Gros es profesor de filosofía en la Universidad Paris-XII.
  • 248 Pages
  • Philosophy, Movements

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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...

Andar. Una filosofía es un recorrido (a pie), filosófico y literario, en compañía de ilustres autores como Rimbaud, Thoreau o Kant cuyo hilo conductor es el simple hecho de caminar. Andar como experiencia de libertad, como acto solitario y propicio para la ensoñación, como motor de creatividad...

Este libro es una celebración del paseo y una reivindicación de virtudes elementales que parecemos haber olvidado en esta época de prisas y de monotonía. Desde un enfoque cultural, Frédéric Gros se adhiere a la corriente de lo slow y nos invita a valorar las ventajas de la lentitud. «Para ir más despacio no se ha encontrado nada mejor que andar. Para andar hacen falta ante todo dos piernas. Todo lo demás es superfluo. ¿Quieren ir más rápido? Entonces no caminen, hagan otra cosa: rueden, deslícense, vuelen».

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This "passionate affirmation of the simple life, and joy in simple things" explores how walking influenced history's greatest thinkers--from Henry David Thoreau and Jack Kerouac to Gandhi and Nietzsche (Observer).

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.



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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.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.45 Inches (H) x 5.95 Inches (W) x .67 Inches (D)
Weight: .81 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 248
Genre: Philosophy
Sub-Genre: Movements
Publisher: Taurus
Theme: Humanism
Format: Paperback
Author: Frédéric Gros
Language: Spanish
Street Date: April 7, 2026
TCIN: 1006629814
UPC: 9788430616763
Item Number (DPCI): 247-51-7649
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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