Philosophical Reviews: The Cat Who Saved Books By: Sōsuke Natsukawa

 

Sōsuke Natsukawa: A brief Biography:

He is a Japanese doctor, this is is second novel.

He is 43 years old (1978)

He studied at the Shinshu University

The most philosophical phase is the following (p.156)

"Maybe books teach us to have empathy for others .." 

The sense of this phrase is positive, it's a good thing to understand the other person, if someone is in difficulty it is a good practice to help him or her, but if Rintaro is a devil creature? Is him able to use the empathy as a tool, at the service of evil? in this case, how will the plot will change? he will save the books by good? and how will the books' soul (synonymous of good)  will, react?

Through the empathy of evil, which is based solely on logic, can I know my level of evil?