by Michel Onfray · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782226440624
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«Sagesse: savoir vivre au pied d'un volcan» is Michel Onfray's philosophical essay, published by Albin Michel in paperback (517 pages, in French).
Onfray turns the volcano into a symbolic setting for a reflection on the art of living: the eruption recalls the brevity of life and the urgency of thinking about it. The author dialogues with ancient philosophy and proposes a practical wisdom, within the framework of his project 'Brève encyclopédie du monde'.
Third volume of Michel Onfray's series 'Brève encyclopédie du monde'. Published in 2019. Includes bibliographical references and index.
For readers interested in the philosophical essay, ancient philosophy, and the work of Michel Onfray.
Michel Onfray is a French writer and philosopher with a hedonistic, epicurean and atheist worldview. A highly prolific author on philosophy, he has written over 100 books. His philosophy is mainly influenced by such thinkers as Nietzsche, Epicurus, the Cynic and Cyrenaic schools, as well as French materialism. He has gained notoriety for writing such works as Traité d'athéologie: Physique de la métaphysique, Politique du rebelle: traité de résistance et d'insoumission, Physiologie de Georges Palante, portrait d'un nietzchéen de gauche, La puissance d'exister and La sculpture de soi for which he won the annual Prix Médicis in 1993.
