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Frédéric Gros: A Philosopher of Emotion

Read the latest works from the author of the bestseller A Philosophy of Walking.

15 January 2026

Frédéric Gros: A Philosopher of Emotion

The works of Frédéric Gros examine everything from ethical resistance, to the utility of shame, to why we walk. 

With A Philosophy of War, he addresses the eternal subject of human conflict, asking the question "Why war?"

“Have history’s most devastating conflicts taught us nothing? Philosopher Gros mines the writings of thinkers ancient and modern to discern the root of mankind’s insatiable urge to conquer.” –  The Washington Independent Review of Books

Out Now: A Philosophy of War

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