Travels Of A Philosopher

Author : Emily Thomas
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198835400

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The Meaning of Travel by Emily Thomas Pdf

How can we think more deeply about our travels? This was the question that inspired Emily Thomas' journey into the philosophy of travel. Part philosophical ramble, part travelogue, The Meaning of Travel begins in the Age of Discovery, when philosophers first started taking travel seriously. It meanders forward to consider Montaigne on otherness, John Locke on cannibals, and Henry Thoreau on wilderness. On our travels with Thomas, we discover the dark side of maps, how the philosophy of space fuelled mountain tourism, and why you should wash underwear in woodland cabins... We also confront profound issues, such as the ethics of 'doom tourism' (travel to 'doomed' glaciers and coral reefs), and the effect of space travel on human significance in a leviathan universe. The first ever exploration of the places where history and philosophy meet, this book will reshape your understanding of travel.

Author : Pierre Poivre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1797
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1065837449

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Travels of a Philosopher by Pierre Poivre Pdf

Author : Pierre Poivre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1769
Category : Africa
ISBN : BL:A0017614302

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Travels of a Philosopher by Pierre Poivre Pdf

Author : Pierre Poivre
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-25
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1330374274

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The Travels of a Philosopher Being Observations on the Customs, Manners, Arts, of Several Nations in Asia and Africa, Translated From the French of M. Le Poivre by Pierre Poivre Pdf

Excerpt from The Travels of a Philosopher Being Observations on the Customs, Manners, Arts, of Several Nations in Asia and Africa, Translated From the French of M. Le Poivre Les Voyages d'un Philosophe of M. le Poivre have been much admired in France. They were originally read in 1764 and 1765, before the Royal Society of Agriculture at Lyons, of which he was then president, and afterwards before the Royal Society of Paris in 1766. For some time they were handed about in manuscript, and at length, in 1768, found their way to the press. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Pierre Poivre
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0266493920

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The Travels of a Philosopher Being Observations on the Customs, Manners, Arts, of Several Nations in Asia and Africa, Translated from the French of M. Le Poivre (Classic Reprint) by Pierre Poivre Pdf

Excerpt from The Travels of a Philosopher Being Observations on the Customs, Manners, Arts, of Several Nations in Asia and Africa, Translated From the French of M. Le Poivre Field, when arrived at length at fome canton, I have obferved nothing in the public market but a few forry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Pierre Poivre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1770
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024276428

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Travels of a philosopher: or, Observations on the manners and arts of various nations in Africa and Asia, etc by Pierre Poivre Pdf

Author : Sir Humphry Davy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Italy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105030409770

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Consolations in Travel, Or, The Last Days of a Philosopher by Sir Humphry Davy Pdf

"The brilliant chemist's travels and last days in his words." "A series of dialogues on philosophical and scientific topics which includes a short account of a spirit journey, conducted by a Genius, to Saturn, and a description of the non-human intelligent beings inhabiting it. An important, albeit brief, contribution to the evolution of the non- human alien in science fiction."--Locke, Voyages in Space 58. "Mostly essay material on philosophy of science, religion, and popular science, but with short science-fiction episode. An interesting parental exercise, with many remarkable strokes of imagination." - Bleiler, Science- Fiction: The Early Years 552. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 64. Bleiler (1978), p. 57."--abebooks website.

Author : Pierre Poivre
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1378186931

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The Travels of a Philosopher [electronic Resource]. Being Observations on the Customs, Manners, Arts, ... of Several Nations in Asia and Africa. Trans by Pierre Poivre Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Humphry Davy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0461176165

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Consolations in Travels by Humphry Davy Pdf

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

Author : Pierre Poivre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0243655312

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Travels of a Philosopher Being Observations on the Customs, Manners, Arts, of Several Nations in Asia and Africa, Translated From the French of M. Le Poivre by Pierre Poivre Pdf

Author : Sir Humphry Davy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019158531

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Consolations in Travel, or the Last days of a philosopher. [Edited by John Davy.] by Sir Humphry Davy Pdf

Author : Laura Beatty
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781838954376

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Looking for Theophrastus by Laura Beatty Pdf

Who is Theophrastus, and why should we care? Once, he was the equal of Plato and Aristotle. Together he and Aristotle invented science. Alone he invented Botany. The character of the Wife of Bath is his invention, the Canterbury Tales as a whole, perhaps, the product of his inspiration. When Linnaeus was developing our modern system of plant taxonomy, it was Theophrastus' work on plants that he used as a basis. So how could one man do so much and still sink almost without a trace? This is the story of a journey to find him and bring him back from oblivion. Looking for Theophrastus, in all the places he must have walked and lived, it tells how he and Aristotle, his friend and tutor, broke with the philosophical conventions of the Academy and left on their own adventure; of how together they invented what we now take for granted as the Natural Sciences; how, not content with that, they made the great experiment of applying philosophy directly to the practicalities of government through the tutoring of Alexander the Great; how they were disappointed and how, in the end, they returned to Athens and founded the famous Lyceum. Against the dramatic context of his time - the end of democracy in Athens and the rise of Alexander the Great; the great battles and vast territorial expansion that followed; the flowering of the philosophy schools on which so much of our culture and thinking is founded - and on, following his cultural legacy through to the modern day, it explores how we perceive, understand and, most importantly, how we relate to the world around us, questioning what we lose from our way of living when we forget those ancients who first taught us how to see.

Author : Daniel M. Klein
Publisher : Penguin Books Limited
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Epicureans (Greek philosophy)
ISBN : 9780143121930

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Travels with Epicurus by Daniel M. Klein Pdf

Describes how the author journeyed to Greece with a suitcase full of philosophy books in order to learn how to achieve a fulfilling old age, explaining how he came to regard old age as a life stage filled with simple and heady pleasures.

Author : Pierre Poivre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1769
Category : Africa
ISBN : OCLC:316736707

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The Travels of a Philosopher by Pierre Poivre Pdf

Author : Humphry Davy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 037194953X

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Consolations in Travel by Humphry Davy Pdf

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