The Philosopher's Diet: How to Lose Weight & Change the World (Nonpareil Book, 81) by Richard A. Watson
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Title:
The Philosopher's Diet: How to Lose Weight & Change the World (Nonpareil Book, 81)
Author:
Richard A. Watson
ISBN:
1567920845
ISBN13:
978-1567920840
Size PDF:
1376 kb
Size epub:
1870 kb
Publisher:
David R Godine; Revised edition (April 1, 1999)
Language:
English
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Rating:
3.9
Votes:
338
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Clearly, Mr. Watson has not written a low-fat, new-age, easy-fix solution for the weight challenged. After all, losing weight is hard work. But for our money, it is the most erudite, fascinating, and eccentric book ever written on the subject of weight control, a combination of common sense (driven by human experience), Cartesian philosophy, and the presumption that understanding the mysteries of weight loss and the universe are somehow compatible, even sympathetic, ambitions.
The author is (of course) a professional philosopher, and this extraordinary exegesis is at once a moral manifesto, a philosophical discourse, and a practical manual (although the chapter on "How to Live" and "How to Die" take it a few steps beyond the ordinary). We love this book for its humor, its iconoclasm, and its weird and wacky mixture of high seriousness and low humor. Read it. Even if you're not overweight, it's a book to treasure.