The Philosopher's Dog: Friendships With Animals - Rilegato

Gaita, Raimond

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ISBN 10: 1400061105 ISBN 13: 9781400061105

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 2004

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A comprehensive study of humanity's attitudes toward animals poses provocative questions about inconsistent feelings about domestic and wild animals, describing the author's own relationships with family pets while drawing on the ideas of such figures as J. M. Coetzee, Socrates, and Descartes. 17,500 first printing.

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Praise for The Philospher’s Dog:

“Dog lovers endlessly philosophize about their love for their canine companions. A compelling book on the subject from an actual philosopher with the brainpower, dog love, and writing skill of Raimond Gaita is timely. Gaita understands and explores the notion that animals and our own humanity are inextricably linked. Great fodder for anybody who loves animals and ponders our complex relationships with them.”
–JON KATZ, author of A Dog Year and The New Work of Dogs 

“In everything that Raimond Gaita writes we sense a generous heart at work, as well as lucid intelligence. The Philosopher’s Dog is a book to give to the kind of person who asks what philosophy is for.”
–J. M. COETZEE, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 2003

“Rai Gaita is a dog lover, a philosopher, and a gifted, sensitive writer. In this immensely readable and enjoyable book, he mixes the personal with the philosophical and the anecdotal with the profound to produce a series of illuminating reflections on what it means to be a creature and, more important, what it means to be fully human.”
–RAY MONK, author of Bertrand Russell

L'autore:

Born in Germany in 1946, RAIMOND GAITA is professor of moral philosophy at Kings College, University of London, and professor of philosophy at the Australian Catholic University. Among his books published in the United States are A Common Humanity: Thinking about Love and Truth and Justice and Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception. He lives in London and Melbourne.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1400061105
• ISBN 13: 9781400061105
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 220