A philosophical inquiry into how to "feed life," or nourish it, draws from early Chinese thinker Zhuanghi to explore notions of breath, energy, and immanence.

François Jullien is professor at the University of Paris Diderot and director of the Institut de la Pensée Contemporaine. He is the author of The Propensity of Things: Toward a History of Efficacy in China; Detour and Access: Strategies of Meaning in China and Greece; and In Praise of Blandness: Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics.