戴蒙‧楊Damon Young: 10 books

Book cover of Afgeleid

Afgeleid

filosofie voor een vrijer leven

by Damon Young
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 7, 2014

In ‘Afgeleid’ behandelt de Australische publieksfilosoof Damon Young een voor iedereen zeer herkenbaar “probleem”. Voortdurend worden we afgeleid – iedereen kent dat gevoel. Niet alleen door e-mails en social media, maar ook door mooiere banen, mannen of vrouwen dan de onze. In ‘Afgeleid’...
Book cover of De goede lezer

De goede lezer

Filosoferen over literatuur

by Damon Young
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 29, 2016

Met ‘De goede lezer’ stelt de Australische filosoof Damon Young niet de auteur maar de lezer zelf centraal. Want we worden niet als lezer geboren – integendeel: lezen is een kunst die we moeten leren. Maar waarom worden dan alleen auteurs geprezen om hun schrijfkunst en is er voor de lezer nauwelijks...
Book cover of Filosoferen over beweging en sport
by Damon Young
Language: Dutch
Release Date: August 26, 2015

In ‘Filosoferen over beweging en sport’ onderzoekt de Australische filosoof Damon Young de waarde van lichaamsbeweging voor lichaam én geest. Vaak lijkt ons bestaan in tweeën opgesplitst. Op kantoor denken we na en lijkt ons lichaam overbodig, in de sportschool bewegen we, maar doet onze geest...
Book cover of Filosoferen in de tuin
by Damon Young
Language: Dutch
Release Date: February 26, 2014

Met ‘Filosoferen in de tuin’ geeft publieksfilosoof Damon Young op een originele wijze een introductie in de filosofie. Met behulp van anekdotes, citaten en beschouwingen over de ‘groene’ belevingswereld van filosofen als Sartre, Socrates en Jane Austen brengt hij hun wereldbeeld tot leven....
Book cover of The Art of Reading
by Damon Young
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017

A beautiful celebratory tribute to the powers of one of our most undervalued skills — an ideal gift for the avid reader. ‘What you are doing right now is, cosmically speaking, against the odds.’ As young children, we are taught to read, but soon go on to forget just how miraculous...
Book cover of Distraction
by Damon Young
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014

Most of us struggle with distraction every day: the familiar feeling that our attention is not quite where it should be. We feel it at work and at home and it can be frustrating and uncomfortable. But what is distraction? In his lucid, timely book, Damon Young shows that distraction is more than too...
Book cover of How to Think About Exercise
by Damon Young
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015

USING PHILOSOPHY TO EXPLORE THE BIG IDEAS BEHIND FITNESS AND WAYS TO ENJOY EXERCISE WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR MIND BEHIND It can often seem as though existence is split in two: body and mind, flesh and spirit, moving and thinking. In the office or at study we are ‘mind workers,' with seemingly...
Book cover of Philosophy in the Garden
by Damon Young
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2019

Why did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing, coveting an apricot? How was Friedrich Nietzsche inspired by his ‘thought tree’? In Philosophy in the Garden, Damon Young explores one of literature’s most intimate relationships: authors and their gardens....
Book cover of 艾倫‧狄波頓的人生學校:運動鍛鍊你的思考力

艾倫‧狄波頓的人生學校:運動鍛鍊你的思考力

How to Think About Exercise (School of Life)

by 戴蒙‧楊Damon Young
Language: Chinese
Release Date: December 9, 2016

運動將不再只是身體的鍛鍊,也能成為思考的鍛鍊。 胸肌大的人,一定就無腦嗎?大腦發達,肌肉就不會發達? 你是個「肉體派」?還是「心智派」? 你可能不知道文豪三島由紀夫其實是個崇尚肉體美的肌肉男! 如果達爾文沒有散步的習慣,可能就沒有演化論的誕生? 村上春樹熱衷跑步,對他的職業作家生涯有著根本性影響? 尼采曾說:「只有走路時獲得的想法才有價值。」 實際上我們常運用身體來幫助思考,古希臘人亦將運動視為培養健全人格的一種方式。 究竟我們如何在每一次運動中,除了讓體魄更強健外,也讓心更強壯? 從現在開始找回身心平衡,在運動中更認識自己。 ◆ ▍人生學校...
Book cover of Martial Arts and Philosophy

Martial Arts and Philosophy

Beating and Nothingness

by Graham Priest, Damon A. Young
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2010

Socrates, an Athenian soldier, was a calmly efficient killing machine. His student Plato was an accomplished and broad-shouldered wrestler. Martial arts and philosophy have always gone hand in hand, as well as fist in throat. Philosophical argument is closely parallel with hand-to-hand combat. And...
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