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A Philosophy of Walking Frederic Gros
Publisher: Verso Books

2 days ago - My Philosophy Walks project has finally drawn me to it. Sport is a discipline, "an ethic, a labour". They came to those ideas, and connecting them to the broader philosophical experience in their historical context and ours today (which means references to, among other touchstones of modern life, The Walking Dead). It used to follow pedestrian philosophy — put the paths where people want to walk. Some walk to exercise or to get from point A to point B. Apr 23, 2014 - Walking is not sport, he says, in the first line of his book, A Philosophy of Walking. Jul 21, 2012 - The Walking Dead has become a cross over phenomenon, making the very difficult transition from popular comic book to popular television show. Everyone walks but few walk with an intellectual goal in mind. Jan 16, 2012 - Thats the reason why he is publishing a new book in July 2012: The Walking Dead and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy). Not any old walk, but a walk with a man who really knows about walking: Frédéric Gros, a professor of walking. Apr 18, 2014 - 2 months earlier @ telegraph.co.uk: He has hung a quote on the wall of the club's training ground attributed to the Greek philosopher Socrates. Mar 12, 2012 - Philosophy = walking with a thermometer. A Philosophy of Walking by Frederic Gros. Jan 3, 2014 - In A Philosophy of Walking, Frédéric Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to B—the pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature ramble—and shows what it tells us about ourselves. May 28, 2014 - Some people walk to walk. May 28, 2014 - I am off to Paris to go for a walk. Temperature is invisible and the detailed differences are overlooked. Jul 4, 2006 - In our own university in downtown Toronto, there is a lovely bit of green called Philosopher's Walk that follows the bed of a former creek. Just taking a winter stroll with a thermometer can be an enlightening experience.