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WATCHING BASEBALL, SEEING PHILOSOPHY
THE GREAT THINKERS AT PLAY ON THE DIAMOND |
| By: |
Raymond Angelo Belliotti |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0786433035 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780786433032 |
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| Publisher: |
MCFARLAND & CO INC |
| Pub. date: |
10 March, 2008 |
| Pages: |
198 |
| Description: |
There are 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. |
| Synopsis: |
There are 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. |
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notes, bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
McFarland & Co Inc |
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