Every book by Pietro Del Soldà is tremendously interesting. In this new book published by Marsilio La Vita fuori si sé
Una filosofia dell'avventura, the meaning of adventure in the existence of human beings seen with the eyes of old and more recent thinkers.
An adventure defines a specifical moment of our life: it has a beginning and an end: it is crucial what there is in the between: adventures creates new worlds, new meetings, new sensations and new experiences. Adventures are the ones that will make the difference after all in the enterity of our existence because thanks to them we learn.
What there is to break is the sense of normality, repetitivity that most of us research to find some certainty: this one is an error. Men, every man should be more corageous and should try to launch himself in many always new adventures.
What is an adventure? The possibility to find again the essence of ourselves: it is discovery.
The launch into the unknown: oh, wonderfully brutal! like the one of the reporter from Polland, Ryszard Kapuscinski: there was still the Communism and no one could travel with freedom in Europe. Oh, but, yes, Ryszard was so curious. Every time he was close to a border he fantasized on the land that there was close to him: I understand him. When we visited Prague in 1989 we lived it genuinely as the best adventure of our life-stile, understanding that this one was a special trip into the unknown and still, it is the strongest experience I have every lived with a trip.
Ryszard was curious. Curious to see the rest of the world: it was wonderful: he afforded per few hours in Rome, finding that he was inadeguate for the place: his clothes, his character, everything (and discovered a man who donated him some clothes more close to our society): then went in India! But there is also another story, the one of Hugo Barine and his fights for the poorest ones of his country. It didn't end well.
Covid-19 changed the perception of the house lived now as a nest, as a protective place where to stay and where there are not dangers: the outside world is lived like a jungle. The ecommerce attracted a lot people who tended to buy a lot of stuff during the lockdown ad they are still continuing. But...It is not the best behavior, this one admits Pietro. People should escape from their comfort zone for trying constantly new adventures. After all, in this phase, world is not boring at all, unfortunately.
A book with many more reflections from Plato, to Erodoto, passing through Georg Simmel and many more.
Let's pretend to live adventures: after all, they are the salt of the existence!
Highly recommended book.
I thank Marsilio for the physical copy of the book.
Anna Maria Polidori
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