/lit/ - Literature

>>12753777
>what are some examples of non-philosopher philosophers?
"Philosopher" is a strong word, but my choice is Joshua Slocum.

>First man to sail alone around the world, as the title implies
>The book is full of his observations, thoughts, adventures, encounters, and the tales of his journeys
>Fairly insightful and genuinely down to Earth.

It's one of my favorite non-fiction tales, and I love Slocum's style and observations. Barnes and Nobels has a pretty great edition that includes a biography, a glossary of the many nautical terms he uses, and so on, and it's part of their classics so it's fairly cheap.

A favorite line of mine from the book:

"I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so I made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else."