Watching Baseball, Seeing Philosophy: The Great Thinkers at Play on the Diamond - Brossura

Belliotti, Raymond Angelo

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ISBN 10: 0786433035 ISBN 13: 9780786433032

Casa editrice: McFarland Publishing, 2008

Riassunto

In a book that cleverly combines baseball and philosophy, Ray Belliotti points to the uncanny connections between nine baseball greats and the great thinkers of the West. This book offers a very practical application of Western philosophy by examining these icons of American sport and culture. The intensity and single-mindedness of Ted Williams breathes life into Camus' Sisyphus; Billy Martin's maniacal competitiveness recalls Niccolo Machiavelli's take on politics, which he characterized as a zero-sum game; the homespun philosophy of Satchel Paige echoes the wisdom of Marcus Aurelius; and the many facets of Joe DiMaggio's personality cry out for the resolution that Nietzsche's doctrine of perspectivism might have given. Also covered are the connections between Joe Torre and Aristotle; Jackie Robinson and Antonio Gramsci; Mickey Mantle and St. Thomas Aquinas; John Franco and William James; and Jose Canseco and Immanuel Kant. The book offers a very practical application of Western philosophy by examining these icons of American sport and culture.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Raymond Angelo Belliotti is a distinguished professor and chair of philosophy at the State University of New York at Fredonia, where he received the chancellor's award for excellence in teaching. He is also the author of seven other books.

Product Description:

Book by Raymond A Belliotti

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McFarland Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0786433035
• ISBN 13: 9780786433032
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 187