The Philosopher's Diet: How to Lose Weight & Change the World

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Richard Watson

Philosophy & Religion

Dec 29, 2019

I could stand to lose twenty pounds. This is what Richard Watson has to say about that: “You know that to take off 20 pounds and keep them off you must change your life. It may be the hardest thing you ever do.” Now Mr. Watson is a man whose wisdom I respect; he was a Descartes scholar, an accomplished spelunker, a writer of notable grace and range, and—despite being a professor of philosophy and a man who spent his leisure time crawling through caves in the dark—a man who mastered the stubborn lessons of common sense. His may be the most curious (and certainly the most amusing) diet book ever written. Those seeking guidance in shedding weight will certainly find it in these pages, while those pursuing higher truths—how to live, say, and how to die—will also find nourishment. The author’s playful engagement of essential themes—moral courage, the rigors and rewards of concentrating the mind, joy—succeeds in philosophy’s most difficult task: rendering meaning from intractable experience.

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