- Hardcover: 150 pages
- Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Press (September 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1885106181
- ISBN-13: 978-1885106186
- Product Dimensions: 26.3 x 18.4 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 467 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,325,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An absolute necessity for the animal rights debate.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Meditations on Hunting (Hardcover)
Ortega delves into the art of hunting, and gets to the root of the matter. Both the nature of human, and of animal are examined. Be forewarned, this is heavy duty philosophy, not just an article on where to hang a tree stand. Ortega wrote in the early twentieth century, and so some will think his ideas are dated, and that we know much better now. This gives rise to the thought that humans change rapidly. Ortega's work stands because we do not substantially change over just a hundred or even a thousand years. This is why Shakespear and the Bible are still applicable, and why Ortega's Meditations On Hunting still stands. The act of hunting has changed over the centuries, to evolve into sport. Ortega delves into this also, and his answer to our inner questions, and the current questions of animal rightists is so clear and distilled that it shines in one's brain. It is rare to find one so clear in academia.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 49 of 53 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An absolute necessity for the animal rights debate.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Meditations on Hunting (Hardcover)
Ortega delves into the art of hunting, and gets to the root of the matter. Both the nature of human, and of animal are examined. Be forewarned, this is heavy duty philosophy, not just an article on where to hang a tree stand. Ortega wrote in the early twentieth century, and so some will think his ideas are dated, and that we know much better now. This gives rise to the thought that humans change rapidly. Ortega's work stands because we do not substantially change over just a hundred or even a thousand years. This is why Shakespear and the Bible are still applicable, and why Ortega's Meditations On Hunting still stands. The act of hunting has changed over the centuries, to evolve into sport. Ortega delves into this also, and his answer to our inner questions, and the current questions of animal rightists is so clear and distilled that it shines in one's brain. It is rare to find one so clear in academia.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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An antidote to muddled thinking,
By C. L. Mckelvie "gamebiologist" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Meditations on Hunting (Hardcover)
Ortega y Gasset brings philosophical rigor and logic to the consideration of hunting. In a powerful counterblast to muddled, emotion-driven, anthropomorphic, confused, sentimental arguments - one can't call them "ideas" - OyG clarifies the core questions and quandaries, and gives a sound philosophical foundation for the defense - indeed, the celebration -of the hunting imperative that 21st century urban man sublimates or ignores at his environmental and spiritual peril.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Meditations on Ortega y Gasset,
By Dan K. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Meditations on Hunting (Hardcover)
Puts the history of hunting in perspective for everyone. When you're done reading it, you understand why people hunt. You also understand why people are just as interested in hunting today as they have been throughout time. I would encourage hunters and non-hunters to read the book, as there is much to be appreciated by both groups. In fact, I would encourage re-reading it from time to time. It has that quality of good literature in that it reveals something new and interesting each time it is read.
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