Journal of A Triond Trog 9

“Rrr.” You have got to get your paws upon an awesome read, “The Book of Dead Philosophers.”

Naughty Nietzsche Caught a Nasty Itch

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A book review

I thought I would dedicate this journal entry to a rip-snorter by Simon Critchley.  Tales of extremely mad, sad and bad deaths of over two hundred Philosophers in a concoction that’s a perfectly hilarious read filled with utter pathos – readable in the extreme.

Did you know?

• Aristotle poisoned himself with the deadly buttercup aconite?
• Socrates gulped hemlock on trumped up charges?C
• Nietzsche went syphillitically insane?

And more. The Trog recommends this fun read for a jest. The great thinkers, including Christ, had death as their prime locus.  Critchley’s style magnetises the eyes and mind – you simply cannot put it down.  The nub of Critchley’s argument is that by mocking how these great thinkers lived, then died, we can see how to live with mirth overcoming what the ancient Egyptians named, “The Great Enemy,” death.

Until next time, amongst the reams of the Triond Realm, enjoy!

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Critchley, S ( 2008 ) “The Book of Dead Philosophers.” Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. ISBN 9780522855142 (pbk.)