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Feline Philosophy: What We Can Learn From Cats

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What Are the Ingredients for the Best Life?

In your book, you talk about this concept of the good life. So if by craving tranquillity we will forever be in turmoil, and if seeking meaning and happiness are mere distractions, what are we meant to do? I mean that there's a huge amount of variety. Human beings aren't all the same. If you want to know the variety of human goodness, don't read philosophers. Read really good novelists of various kinds, in various languages,. from various culture and various times and history. And perhaps acquire a cat, yes, and live with a cat. One thing cats, i think, do give to all those who live with them for a long time and love them

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