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Philosophical Harvest
Paperback
Publisher Price: $15.99
ISBN13: 9781763647282
Publisher: Novel Ideas
Published: Nov 3 2025
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
A philosophical journey spanning continents and the shifting landscapes of the heart, this memoir invites readers into the intricate tapestry of a life shaped by inquiry and longing. Charting the path from the banks of English rivers to new beginnings in Canada and adventure in Australia, the narrative meditates on the ways relationships-both romantic and intellectual-intertwine with commodification of love.
As the author faces an unpredictable relationship, traditional allegiances give way to a deeper engagement with phenomenology and postmodern thought, challenging what is known and what can be understood.
Through missed connections and unexpected responsibilities, each chapter becomes an exploration of how the author discovers philosophies growing alongside lived experience, finding new meanings. Desire and truth remain ever elusive, hovering like distant shores on the horizon, animating the quest for reconciliation. This is a story of love's transformative power and the enduring puzzles of every honest attempt to grasp the world's complexity, are told with thoughtful reflection and an eye for the subtle consequences of choices along the way.
AUTHOR BIO
Martin Knox grew up on a farm in Somerset, England. He rode a horse and played rugby. He graduated as a chemical engineer from Birmingham University. His work with energy was in a nuclear power station, in petroleum engineering in Canada, in coal mine development and energy transportation. He researched alternative systems of government at Imperial College, London. He became a high school teacher and wrote science textbooks with energy emphasis, published by the Queensland Department of Education.
This book is his thirteenth book published. He has been writing fiction and satirical novels full-time since 2013: speculative, love, politics, government, crime, sport, totalitarianism, science, energy and technology. He is involved in public policy-making; has proposed an underground railway for Brisbane; developed ideas for mitigating flooding of the Brisbane River; and an anti-memoir of his spiritual enlightenment following Friedrich Nietzsche. He has written about the philosophy of climate science from the phenomenological viewpoint of Martin Heidegger. He frames the net zero campaign as a superpower climate war. He discusses current issues at U3A and has read philosophy texts at the University of Queensland. He attends community development forums.
He blogs ideas from his books and relates them to events in the news. He writes letters, plays the guitar, plays chess and walks in the park by the river where he lives.
He reads classical novels, watches movies and enjoys The Big Bang Theory.
He is divorced with children and grandchildren.
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