Memory Theater

From this renowned philosopher comes a debut work of fiction, at once a brilliant precis of the history of philosophy, a semiautobiographical meditation on the absurd relationship between knowledge and memory, and a very funny story
A French philosopher dies during a savage summer heat wave. Box [...]
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From this renowned philosopher comes a debut work of fiction, at once a brilliant precis of the history of philosophy, a semiautobiographical meditation on the absurd relationship between knowledge and memory, and a very funny story
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 Boxes carrying his unpublished papers mysteriously appear in Simon Critchley s office.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.With nothing left to hope for, Critchley devotes himself to one final project before his death the building of a structure to house his collective memories and document the remnants of his entire life."