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Memory Theater

Memory Theater

by Simon Critchley

PhilosophersTheory of KnowledgeMemory (Philosophy)FictionFiction, psychological
4.0
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"A French philosopher dies during a savage summer heat wave. Boxes carrying his unpublished papers mysteriously appear in Simon Critchley's office. Rooting through them, Critchley discovers a brilliant text on the ancient art of memory and a cache of astrological charts predicting the deaths of various philosophers. Among them is a chart for Critchley himself, laying out in great detail the course of his life and eventual demise. While waiting for his friend's prediction to come through, Critchley receives the missing, final box, which contains a maquette of Giulio Camillo's sixteenth-century Venetian memory theater, a space supposed to contain the sum of all knowledge"--Dust jacket flap.

Themes & subjects

PhilosophersTheory of KnowledgeMemory (Philosophy)FictionFiction, psychologicalNew York Times reviewed

About the author

Simon Critchley
Simon Critchley

27 February 1960

British philosopher

Author

Simon Critchley

Pages

88

Read time

≈ 2h

Editions

5

Languages

English, German

Publisher

Ediciones Alpha Decay, S.A.

ISBN

9788494511363

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