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. ' Enjoyable and rather beautiful book ...charming [and] genuinely illuminating .' - The Guardian ' Provocative and liberating .' - The Telegraph ' An outstanding exercise in seeing things clearly .' - The Independent ' The book possesses a peculiar charm and at the same time displays a welcome sinewy toughness in its thinking .' - John Banville, Irish Times 'Poignant and illuminating .' - Roger Scruton, Sunday Telegraph ' Gaita tells his stories with tremendous charm and literary skill which is very moving ...exhilarating .' - Scottish Daily Mail
| ISBN | 0415332877 | | Pages | 224 | | ISBN13 | 9780415332873
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 227 | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Routledge | | Previous ISBN | 9780415309073 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Publication date | 22 Apr 2004 | | Width (mm) | 138 | | Library of Congress | BD450 | | Spine width (mm) | 12 | | DEWEY | 128 | | Academic level | General, Tertiary education, Undergraduate, Postgraduate | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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Friends and Companions, For a Dog?, The Philosopher's Dog, Sitting on Her Mat Gazing Out to Sea, Gypsy Is Old Now, The Honour of Corpses, The Realm of Meaning, Stories, Philosophy and Science, 'Poor Living Thing', Arrogance? Creatureliness, Human Beings and Animals.
"'Enjoyable and rather beautiful book... charming [and] genuinely illuminating.' - The Guardian; 'Provocative and liberating.' - The Telegraph; 'An outstanding exercise in seeing things clearly.' - The Independent; 'The book possesses a peculiar charm and at the same time displays a welcome sinewy toughness in its thinking.' - John Banville, Irish Times; 'Poignant and illuminating.' - Roger Scruton, Sunday Telegraph; 'Gaita tells his stories with tremendous charm and literary skill which is very moving... exhilarating.' Scottish Daily Mail; 'In everything that Raimond Gaita writes we sense a generous heart at work, as well as a 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; 'An enchanting and pellucid meditation on animals... thoughtful, touching and utterly admirable.' - Big Issue, Australia; '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 importantly, what it means to be fully human. It is a great pleasure to read and should not be missed by anyone who still hopes to find in the works of philosophers things that are both interesting and important.' - Ray Monk"
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