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This is a Nonpareil Book

first published in 1998 by

DAVID R. GODINE, Publisher

Post Office Box 450

Jaffrey, New Hampshire 03452

Originally published in 1985 by

The Atlantic Monthly Press

Published in eBook format by David R. Godine, Publisher

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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.

Revised Edition

The chapter entitled "How to Die" first appeared, in slightly different form, in The Georgia Review.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Watson, Richard A., 1931-

The philosopher’s diet : how to lose weight & change the world / Richard Watson.

p. cm. — (Nonpareil book ; 81)

"Originally published by the Atlantic Monthly Press in 1985" — T.p. verso.

1. Reducing diets. 2. Low-fat diet. 3. Ethics. 4. Philosophy.

I. Title. II. Series.

RM222.2.W293 1998

613.2'5—DC21 98-35759 CIP

SOFTCOVER ISBN: 978-1-56792-084-0

E-BOOK ISBN: 978-1-56792-453-4

War Came.

Bodies lined the roadside.

Their fat sizzled in the sun.

—Lamentation for the Destruction of Ur

Third Millennium B.C.

Diet ... Course of life: way of living

or thinking ... To regulate oneself.

—Oxford English Dictionary

Cautionary Note The author urgently recommends that before you act on the advice in this book, you have a thorough medical examination and get your doctor's approval of the program. This probably is not necessary for normal, healthy adults, but who knows from normal? I don't want to get sued.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Philosopher's Diet was written while I was engaged in Cartesian studies at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California. I thank Center Director Gardner Lindzey and the Board of Trustees for their indulgence and understanding. As Descartes said, give a man leisure and truth will out.

I want also to thank the Center Fellows and staff for encouragement and inspiration, particularly Carol Smith for laying on the last straw. Others to whom I am indebted are legion, but many of them are mentioned in the text. Two who are not are Peter Davison and David R. Godine, editors of rare acumen. I thank them one and all.

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