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

Rowlands, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1605980331 ISBN 13: 9781605980331

Publisher: Pegasus Books, 2009

Synopsis

This fascinating book charts the relationship between Mark Rowlands, a rootless philosopher, and Brenin, his well-traveled wolf. After acquiring Brenin as a cub, it quickly became apparent that Breinin was never to be left alone, as the consequences to Mark's house and its contents were dire. As a result, Brenin and Mark went everywhere together-from classroom lecture to Ireland, England, and France. 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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Review:

`A powerfully subversive critique of the unexamined assumption that shape the way most philosophers ... think about animals and themselves'

Book Description:

'This book is about ... the fundamental questions of love, happiness, morality and human existence'

About this edition

• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1605980331
• ISBN 13: 9781605980331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 246