April 12, 2004
Adventures in reality
My good friend Dave Kebab gave me this book of practical experiments by French philosopher Roger-Pol Droit last year, and I have been dipping into it again recently. There's something for everyone in it, from the casual 'coffee table' browser to the more committed (commitable?) intellectual explorer.
 | The author invites us to reconsider our most ordinary actions as unexpected philosophical events. Peeling an apple, trying to lie in a hammock, watching someone sleep, hearing your voice on an answering machine, playing with a small child - activities that, when considered outside of their routine, invite us to experience the familiar in startling new ways. |
For example, have you ever actually tried counting to one thousand? Its neither as easy or as boring as you might imagine - and you end up with not just a sense of how big a thousand is, but an inkling of just how huge a million must be.
[Click on the image to check out the book at amazon.co.uk]
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