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Astonish Yourself: 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life (2001)

by Roger-Pol Droit

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Already a European bestseller, Roger-Pol Droit's highly original book is a reassessment of our day-to-day engagement with life. In 101 short texts, written with limpid elegance, Droit 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. Droit encourages us to go further: pretend to be an animal of your choice, create a wall with your hands, try to walk around your room in total darkness, spend time in the subway system - and observe your oddity. 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life encourages astonishment, unwedges us, topples the world a little, unscrews the coffin of habit. Influenced by Zen thought, it is a course in philosophical fitness, conducted in the gymnasium of what passes for ordinary life.… (more)
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> 101 EXPÉRIENCES DE PHILOSOPHIE QUOTIDIENNE, par Roger-Pol Droit. — Ces cent une manières d'aller contre les inerties de la vie sont autant d'occasions de provoquer l'impulsion à questionner qui revitalise l'existence. Un manuel du savoir-vivre à contretemps de soi-même. Roger-Pol Droit, chercheur au CNRS en philosophie et chroniqueur au journal Le Monde, est l'auteur, entre autres, de La Compagnie des philosophes.
--Emilio Balturi

> 101 EXPÉRIENCES DE PHILOSOPHIE QUOTIDIENNE, par Roger-Pol Droit. — "Ça va très vite. Vous faites durer le monde vingt minutes. Vous mettez les étoiles en bas. Vous téléphonez au hasard, buvez en pissant, inventez les titres de l'actualité. Chaque fois de petites portes s'ouvrent dans la tête" —4e de couverture
Pour chaque expérience, l'auteur donne la durée, le matériel requis et l'effet escompté. Il y a même un index pour chacune de ses composantes. Prodigieux!
-- Expérimenter le monde autour de soi, effleurer la Vie de l'intérieur comme de l'extérieur, être acteur de ce monde ou simplement assister au spectacle de la Vie dans des registres qu'on peut appliquer au quotidien mais auxquels on s'abandonne rarement. Délirant, exaltant, calmant et surtout surprenant. À mettre dans son sac au même titre que sa carte de guichet … parce qu'on ne sait jamais ce que la Vie peut nous apporter dans le prochain instant. À l'image de notre époque, ce livre est déroutant et hédoniste. De plus, je conseille la 29e expérience d'une durée de 30 minutes portant sur la fascination pour les fourmis … Avis à M. René Homier-Roy.
--Mijanou Dubuc (ICI.Radio-Canada.ca)

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  Joop-le-philosophe | Dec 29, 2018 |
Este libro es un divertimento. Lo cual significa que intenta indicar lo esencial, pero no de manera pomposa. ( )
  Assunta | Sep 2, 2010 |
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One of the things I've learned from doing just a few of the exercises in this book is how hard it to stop being so busy and slow down enough to do the experiments. I don't want to stop sitting in front of my computer, playing games, reading a book, tending to chickens, tidying the house, or a million other things that tug at me, but a few minutes after getting started with one of Droit's exercises, I feel good about taking a break from those habitual behaviors.
 
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Already a European bestseller, Roger-Pol Droit's highly original book is a reassessment of our day-to-day engagement with life. In 101 short texts, written with limpid elegance, Droit 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. Droit encourages us to go further: pretend to be an animal of your choice, create a wall with your hands, try to walk around your room in total darkness, spend time in the subway system - and observe your oddity. 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life encourages astonishment, unwedges us, topples the world a little, unscrews the coffin of habit. Influenced by Zen thought, it is a course in philosophical fitness, conducted in the gymnasium of what passes for ordinary life.

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