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toffrede's review
3.0
Ok book. I learned a few things about different schools of philosophy and religion. But the writer makes many very categorical statements and assumes things about humans and about non-humans that have no nuance or discussion. I didn’t love the book but don’t regret that I read it.
bootman's review
3.0
This book was severely disappointing. It has its moments, but for such a short book, it wastes time discussing stories that either don't have anything to do with cats or anything to do with philosophy. The highlights of the book are when the author discusses traits of cats and what we can learn from them, and that's what I assumed the whole book would be like, but it's not. It's a short book, so if you like cats, you don't have much to lose by checking it out, but I don't really recommend it as a book to learn more about philosophy.
delladalla's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
sarahunabridged's review
4.0
Ended up really enjoying this little book on philosophy and cats. Philosophy isn't a subject I have spent much time on in the past so I came into my reading with more of a blank slate. The connections Gray made to the minds of cats made the denser parts of this book's discussion on human philosophy more digestible. I'm eager to pick up some more books on the topic of philosophy now. Plus, I love cats so I knew I'd probably love this going in and I was right.
sophiemaher's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
buddy read with tom 😄
i’ve been meaning to get more into philosophy, but i find sometimes that it’s really dense and inaccessible. unfortunately some parts of this book were just that! id say around 50% was pretty hard to get through, and not reallyyyy related to cats or feline philosophy at all! these parts might have been more interesting if i went into it expecting to read about random philosophers with no mention of cats? also did not enjoy the overly long segment about the ways in which people have tortured and mistreated cats in the past - extremely unecessary??
BUT the other 50%, i really enjoyed. all the little snippets of stories of cats and their author/philosopher owners were so good. i love méo, saha, ming, and gattino! the personality! it’s hard not to project human anxieties onto cats.. this book has reframed my thinking and hopefully helps me avoid doing so in the future!
the good life is the life you already have 😊
i’ve been meaning to get more into philosophy, but i find sometimes that it’s really dense and inaccessible. unfortunately some parts of this book were just that! id say around 50% was pretty hard to get through, and not reallyyyy related to cats or feline philosophy at all! these parts might have been more interesting if i went into it expecting to read about random philosophers with no mention of cats? also did not enjoy the overly long segment about the ways in which people have tortured and mistreated cats in the past - extremely unecessary??
BUT the other 50%, i really enjoyed. all the little snippets of stories of cats and their author/philosopher owners were so good. i love méo, saha, ming, and gattino! the personality! it’s hard not to project human anxieties onto cats.. this book has reframed my thinking and hopefully helps me avoid doing so in the future!
the good life is the life you already have 😊