The Philosophy of Dieting (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780955881572)

Hidden in works of philosophy are a several original, counterintuitive, and astonishingly effective pieces of dieting advice. There is Bergson and his laughter diet; Plato, who blamed being overweight on democracy; Hobbes and his diet contract; and Locke, whose diet allows you to eat as much as you like and still lose weight. If none of these diets suit you there are the Four Germans, including Marx and his revolutionary diet, Hegel's dieting dialectic, Schopenhauer's women's diet, and Nietzsche's überdiet. Then--via Kafka and Camus--it is back to Plato and his erotically charged love diet.

Author: Peter Hayes
ISBN-10: 0955881579
ISBN-13: 9780955881572
Publisher: Gilbert Knowle Publishers
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2012
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.57d