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Feline philosophy : cats and the meaning of life / John Gray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gray, John, 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals (Philosophy).
- Cats--Miscellanea.
- Cats.
- Life.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 122 pages; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
- Summary:
- "The author of Straw Dogs, famous for his provocative critiques of scientific hubris and the delusions of progress and humanism, turns his attention to cats-and what they reveal about humans' torturous relationship to the world and to themselves"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Cats And Philosophy
- A cat-loving anti-philosopher: Michel de Montaigne
- Meo's journey
- How cats domesticated humans
- 2. Why Cats Do Not Struggle To Be Happy
- When philosophers talk of happiness
- Pascal on diversion
- Hodge and the Fall
- 3. Feline Ethics
- Morality, a very peculiar practice
- Spinoza on living according to your nature
- Selfless egoism
- 4. Human Vs Feline Love
- Saha's triumph
- Ming's biggest prey
- Loving Lily
- Gattino vanishes
- 5. Time, Death And The Feline Soul
- Muri's farewell
- Civilization as death-denial
- Cats as gods
- 6. Cats And The Meaning Of Life
- Cat nature, human nature
- Ten feline hints on how to live well
- Meo on the window ledge.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-122).
- ISBN:
- 9780374154110
- 0374154112
- OCLC:
- 1136964624
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