The Meaning of Travel: Philosophers Abroad

by Emily Thomas

Book Overview

How can we think more deeply about travel?

This was the thought that inspired Emily Thomas to journey into the philosophy of travel, to explore the places where philosophy and travel intersect. Part philosophical ramble, part memoir, The Meaning of Travel begins in the Age of Discovery in the sixteenth century, when philosophers first began thinking and writing seriously about travel It then meanders forward to encounter the thoughts of Montaigne...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019883540X
• ISBN13: 9780198835400
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.2" x 7.8"