The Philosopher's Dog - Couverture rigide

Gaita, Raimond

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415309077 ISBN 13 : 9780415309073

Editeur : Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

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
From the Hardcover edition.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In this lyrical and beautifully written book, Raimond Gaita tells inspirational, poignant, sometimes funny but never sentimental stories of the dogs, cats and cockatoos that lived and died within his own family. The Philosopher's Dog is above all a book about our creatureliness and its place in the understanding of our humanity.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0415309077
• ISBN 13: 9780415309073
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224