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A heartwarming philosophical meditation on how to live a fulfilling life—inspired by the inherent happiness of dogs.
If you have spent any part of your life with a dog, you may have found certain questions popping, unbidden, into your mind: Is my dog living a fulfilled life? Is my dog a good dog? Does my dog love me? Addressing these questions compels you to confront not just your dog's life but yours as well—to think about what fulfillment, and meaning, in life really is.
In The Word of Dog, philosopher Mark Rowlands explores these questions and suggests that in dogs we can see hints—faint, shrouded, but discernible—of what a better way of living might look like. Perhaps none of us can be happy in the way a dog can, but The Word of Dog shows us we could do a lot better than we're doing simply by listening to the unspoken wisdom our dogs reveal to us every day of their happy, uncomplicated lives.
A heartwarming philosophical meditation on how to live a fulfilling life—inspired by the inherent happiness of dogs.
If you have spent any part of your life with a dog, you may have found certain...
A heartwarming philosophical meditation on how to live a fulfilling life—inspired by the inherent happiness of dogs.
If you have spent any part of your life with a dog, you may have found certain questions popping, unbidden, into your mind: Is my dog living a fulfilled life? Is my dog a good dog? Does my dog love me? Addressing these questions compels you to confront not just your dog's life but yours as well—to think about what fulfillment, and meaning, in life really is.
In The Word of Dog, philosopher Mark Rowlands explores these questions and suggests that in dogs we can see hints—faint, shrouded, but discernible—of what a better way of living might look like. Perhaps none of us can be happy in the way a dog can, but The Word of Dog shows us we could do a lot better than we're doing simply by listening to the unspoken wisdom our dogs reveal to us every day of their happy, uncomplicated lives.
Advance Praise
"The Word of Dog is one of the most engaging and enjoyable works on philosophy (and, for that matter, dogs) I’ve ever read. Wise, profound, often very funny―I loved every page." ―Anthony McGowan, author of How to Teach Philosophy to Your Dog
"The message from this gentle and compelling book is that in times of moral quandary we could do worse than ask: what would a dog do?" ―Michael Prodger, New Statesman
"The Word of Dog is one of the most engaging and enjoyable works on philosophy (and, for that matter, dogs) I’ve ever read. Wise, profound, often very funny―I loved every page." ―Anthony McGowan...
"The Word of Dog is one of the most engaging and enjoyable works on philosophy (and, for that matter, dogs) I’ve ever read. Wise, profound, often very funny―I loved every page." ―Anthony McGowan, author of How to Teach Philosophy to Your Dog
"The message from this gentle and compelling book is that in times of moral quandary we could do worse than ask: what would a dog do?" ―Michael Prodger, New Statesman
*This page contains affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site at no additional cost to you.
*This page contains affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site at no additional cost to you.
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