Title : Cosmos - Michel Onfray - book
Summary :
What brings together the death of a father under a starless sky, a childhood garden, the burial of a speleologist, the fragrances of a 1921 champagne, the hedgehog of the gypsies, the shell of a mollusk, the Sargasso eel, a parasitic worm, biodynamic wine, the poetry of peoples without writing, an African mask, jumping beans, communicating acacias, a zoophilic philosopher, vegetarians exploiting chickens, battery pigs, bullfighters dressed as women, an atheist priest, a materialist who died of indigestion from pheasant pâté, a cave painting, an alignment of stones, an Indian sun festival, a Catholic church, angels and comets, black holes, a haiku, a painting by Arcimboldo, Land Art, repetitive music, among other fragments of a Brief Encyclopedia of the world? The Cosmos. This work, which Michel Onfray describes as "his first book," offers a personal philosophy of nature. Contemplating the world, understanding its mysteries and the lessons it offers us, recapture the founding intuitions of time, life, and nature—such is the ambition of Cosmos, which reconnects with the pagan ideal of human wisdom in harmony with the world.
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EAN : 9782081290365
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