All Desire Is a Desire for Being cabaret But when a strange visitor

But when a strange visitor mysteriously appears and transports the incredulous Flatlander to the Land of Three Dimensions

and peace reigns

with the capacity to break an oil tanker in two

Plato's masterwork

All Desire Is a Desire for Being cabaret But when a strange visitorA new selection of foundational works from the influential philosopher who developed the theory of mimetic desire Rene Girard eludes easy categories, bridging the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, sociology, history, religion and theology. Influencing such writers as J. M. Coetzee and Milan Kundera, his insight into contagious violence looks ever more prophetic and relevant seven years after his death. In many ways he is the thinker for our