Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar . . .: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 2008 – vârsta de la 18 ani

This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they’d had in school

Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . . has been a breakout bestseller ever since authors—and born vaudevillians—Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on NPR’s Weekend Edition. Lively, original, and powerfully informative, Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar . . . is a not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical thinkers and traditions, from Existentialism (What do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?) to Logic (Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything). Philosophy 101 for those who like to take the heavy stuff lightly, this is a joy to read—and finally, it all makes sense!

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780143113874
ISBN-10: 0143113879
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: b/w illustrations throughout
Dimensiuni: 125 x 179 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: Penguin Books

Recenzii

“The zaniest bestseller of the year.”—The Boston Globe

“I laughed, I learned, I loved it.”—Roy Blount, Jr.

Descriere

Here's a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. It's Philosophy 101 for those who know not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. (Philosophy)

Notă biografică

Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein studied philosophy together at Harvard in the last millennium. Since then Danny has written comedy for Lily Tomlin, Flip Wilson, and others, and published scores of fiction and nonfiction books— from thrillers to entertaining philosophical books, such as his LondonTimesbestsellerTravels with Epicurusand his most recent book,Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It. Born in 1939, Danny persists in denying his mortality. He thinks it's a joke.

Thomas Cathcart studied theology and managed health care organizations before linking up with Danny to writePlato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington,and I Think Therefore I Draw.He is also the author ofThe Trolley Problem, or Would You Throw the Fat Guy Off the Bridge?andThere is no God and Mary is His Mother: Rediscovering Religionless Christianity

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