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Klein and Cathcart have the knack of getting to the core of an issue in a crystal clear line, meaning there's more room for jokes - good jokes, clever jokes, jokes that'll have you laughing so hard the people nearby will shoot you strange looks. Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, longtime philosophers and comedians, present Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, an entertaining, enlightening, and engaging guide to the love of wisdom. Its been a super fun read and Im happy I picked it up. It's philosophy for everyone, from the curious layperson to the professor who's seen it all. Lively, original, and powerfully informative, Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar.is an irreverent crash course through the great thinkers and traditions. Here's a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent. This clever and hilarious book about understanding philosophy through jokes (as the tagline claims) was absolutely brilliant It kept my interest the entire. Read 1,831 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Daniel Klein and Thomas Cathcart take philosophy to task with flair and gusto in this wise and hilarious treasure of a book. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar book. And one for the existentialists - you haven't lived until you think about death all the time. When it comes to language, it all depends on what your definition of 'is' is. Basically, this is a collection of really old jokes presented as somehow related to some major themes of philosophy-it didnt work for me, the connections. Here's an accusation - Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything. Print Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
