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Feline Philosophy : Cats and the Meaning of Life
3.7 (2,115 ratings by Goodreads)
Paperback English
By (author) John Gray


Why cant a human be more like a cat? That is the question threaded through this vivid patchwork of philosophy, fiction, history and memoir ... a wonderful mixture of flippancy and profundity, astringency and tenderness, wit and lament Jane OGrady, Daily Telegraph

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 Grays 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.


Product details

Format Paperback | 128 pages
Dimensions 129 x 198 x 7mm | 100g
Publication date 28 Oct 2021
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
ISBN10 0141988428
ISBN13 9780141988429
Bestsellers rank 64,099