Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life

Gray, John

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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. In ‘Feline Philosophy’, John Gray attempts to get to grips with the philosophical and moral issues around the uniquely strange relationship between ourselves and these remarkable animals.

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Publish Date: 29/10/2020

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‘When I play with my cat, how do I know she is not passing time with me rather than I with her?’ Montaigne

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.

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Weight 255 g
Dimensions 222 × 144 × 17 mm
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Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

vi, 121

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

636.8001 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K