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S'està carregant… Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Lifede John Gray
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Philosophies are “palliatives for human disquiet” but human self consciousness has produced perpetual unrest which philosophy has not been able to cure. Blaise Pascal believed the sole cause of a man’s anxiety is an inability to stay quietly in his room. To be free from anxiety and despair, Marcus Aurelias hoped to find a rational order within himself. Stoicism believes life is to be endured. Sigmund Freud believed a state of misery is normal for a human. The author states humans need diversion for they are afraid of death and are running from the shadow of death that pursues them. In the face of a human life which is “episodic, fuzzy, disjointed, sometimes chaotic, a jumble of experiences that are chaotic, fragmented and disconnected” how is it possible for us to live a tranquil, opaque life. The author states hatred of cats may be an expression of envy for many humans lead live of muffled misery which is alleviated by inflicting worse suffering on cats who they know are not un happy. Is it possible for cats to have a philosophy? Who is to know for cats are not able to express it in terms we can understand but one thing is clear: cats “taught humans to love them for humans need something other than the human world or they go mad.” Cats have nothing to learn from us but the author has shown that “we can learn from them how to lighten the load that comes with being human. If you are a cat lover, no description of a cat philosophy is necessary but if you are not a cat lover, then no description will do. ( ) I can scarcely believe that Farrar Strauss published this book, which, considering its brevity (~100 pages), has very little to do with cats at all. It's interesting as a whirlwind overview of world religious and philosophical systems, though one can only hope the author has not misrepresented other religions and philosophies as carelessly as he has misrepresented Christianity. Overall, it's a cynical book, with a silly cover that makes it look like a bargain bin gift book. This review is in exchange for a complimentary ARC from NetGalley. I love cats, but I've always had trouble getting into philosophy. I thought this book would be a good way to make sense of concepts that are so difficult for me. I was mostly right, although there are long passages where cats are not invoked at all, and those sections didn't hold my attention as well. The book is really about humans, not cats, but I was very interested in the numerous feline-related anecdotes that came from real life and from literature. The book is very serious, not fun and frivolous pop philosophy along the lines of Robert Fulghum. I learned about different schools of thought, from classical philosophy through modern thinkers. It would make a nice gift for the contemplative cat lover in your life. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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