The Book of Dead Philosophers BOOKS

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Dinitia Smith The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
02-04-2009
The Book of Dead Philosophers BOOKS
Byline: Dinitia Smith The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: FEATURES

The Book of Dead Philosophers

By Simon Critchley
265 pages. Vintage Books. $15.95.

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Reviewed by Dinitia Smith

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Heraclitus, who believed that everything was in a state of flux, died, according to one account, of drowning in cow dung. The philosopher Francis Bacon, that great champion of the empirical method, died of his own philosophy: In an effort to observe the effects of refrigeration, ...

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