The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happiness - Couverture rigide

Rowlands, Mark

 
9781605980331: The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happiness
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ISBN 10 : 1605980331 ISBN 13 : 9781605980331
Editeur : Pegasus Books, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Rowlands Mark

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Revue de presse

'This year's most original and instructive work of popular philosophy ... a remarkable portrait of the bond that can exist between a human being and a beast ... [Rowlands is ] a rare contemporary philosopher who is able to learn from everything he experiences in life, not just books and academic journals. That is what makes The Philosopher and the Wolf so refreshing' Financial Times 'An extraordinary memoir' Daily Mail 'A powerfully subversive critique of the unexamined assumption that shape the way most philosophers - along with most people - think about animals and themselves' Literary Review 'Rowland's memoir is life-affirming, engrossing, thoughtful and moving ... The Philosopher and the Wolf could become a philosophical cult classic' TLS 'Nothing short of human existence, survival and our relationship to all other creatures is examined here and it's all written in a beautifully elegiac way. The heart-strings will be pulled and the mind stimulated' --City AM

Présentation de l'éditeur

This fascinating book charts the relationship between Mark Rowlands, a rootless philosopher, and Brenin, his extraordinarily well-travelled wolf. More than just an exotic pet, Brenin exerted an immense influence on Rowlands as both a person, and, strangely enough, as a philosopher, leading him to re-evaluate his attitude to love, happiness, nature and death. By turns funny (what do you do when your wolf eats your air-conditioning unit?) and poignant, this life-affirming book will make you reappraise what it means to be human.

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Éditeur
Pegasus Books
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1605980331
ISBN 13 
9781605980331
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
246
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9781783784578: The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death and Happiness

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1783784571 ISBN 13 :  9781783784578
Editeur : Granta Books, 2017
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