Feline philosophy

What is the meaning of life? We seek answers to our anxieties in philosophy and religion, but don't cats have something to teach us?

In seeking solutions to our greatest concerns, humanity created, among other things, philosophy. Thinkers from Spinoza to Berdyaev have explored perennial human questions, but perhaps we have as much to learn from cats as from the great philosophers. Feline philosophy addresses various philosophical lines over time and highlights another perspective: that of cats.

By analyzing feline nature, with the participation of unusual characters—such as Montaigne's cat; Mèo, the cat who survived the Vietnam War; or Saha, the heroine of the short novel La Chatte (1933), written by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette—we are confronted with the fruitless complexity that we humans have created for ourselves. John Gray confronts cat behavior with some of humanity's greatest questions: the pursuit of happiness, ethics and morality, love, time and death, and the meaning of life.

Feline Philosophy offers a profound and provocative reflection on our worldview, our claim to superiority, and the fundamental vulnerability and loneliness of the human species. John Gray proposes that we experience life without illusions, self-deception, and imaginary pursuits, and shows that we can face suffering and transformation as cats have always done—without constant fear and with the joy of living in the present.