Mr. Mistoffelees George de la Peña. In the 1998 DVD production of the show, Mistoffelees is portrayed by Jacob Brent, reprising his Broadway role. In the 2016 Broadway revival the part is played by Ricky Ubeda. When Neil Patrick Harris hosted "Saturday Night Live" in 2009, Bobby Moynihan played Mr. Mistoffelees in a "Save Broadway" sketch. Mr. Mistoffelees Mr. Mistoffelees is a character in T. S. Eliot's poetry book "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" and its stage adaptation, Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular musical "Cats". He is an important primary character, and one of the most popular of the show. He is
Spinoza: Practical Philosophy the wise: one doesn't have to follow every proposition, make every connection — the intuitive or affective reading may be more practical anyway." Hurley suggested that the book should be read like poetry. The philosopher Pierre-François Moreau wrote that Deleuze sees in Spinozism a philosophy of power. The neuroscientist Antonio Damasio suggested that Deleuze provided a reading of Spinoza's thinking compatible with the view that the mind arises from the body. Spinoza: Practical Philosophy Spinoza: Practical Philosophy () (1970; second edition 1981) is a book by the philosopher Gilles Deleuze, in which the author examines Baruch Spinoza's philosophy, discussing "Ethics"