Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life
Editorial ALLEN LANE
Mainland Spain
There is no real evidence that humans ever 'domesticated' cats. Rather, it seems that at some point cats saw the potential value to themselves of humans. John Gray's wonderful new book is an attempt to get to grips with the philosophical and moral...
Read more- Publisher ALLEN LANE
- ISBN13 9780241351147
- ISBN10 0241351146
- Type BOOK
- Pages 128
- Published 2020
- Language English
- Bookbinding Hard cover
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EssaysFeline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life
Editorial ALLEN LANE
There is no real evidence that humans ever 'domesticated' cats. Rather, it seems that at some point cats saw the potential value to themselves of humans. John Gray's wonderful new book is an attempt to get to grips with the philosophical and moral...
Mainland Spain
Book details
There is no real evidence that humans ever 'domesticated' cats. Rather, it seems that at some point cats saw the potential value to themselves of humans. John Gray's wonderful new book is an attempt to get to grips with the philosophical and moral issues around the uniquely strange relationship between ourselves and these remarkable animals.
"Feline Philosophy" draws on centuries of philosophy, from Montaigne to Schopenhauer, to explore the complex and intimate links that have defined how we react to and behave with this most unlikely 'pet'.
At the heart of the book is a sense of gratitude towards cats as perhaps the species that more than any other - in the essential loneliness of our position in the world - gives us a sense of our own animal nature.
John Gray's most recent book is the highly praised Seven Types of Atheism; his other books include Straw Dogs, Black Mass, The Soul of the Marionette and The Silence of Animals. He has kept feline companions for over thirty years.
'When I play with my cat, how do I know she is not passing time with me rather than I with her?' Montaigne