Plato And A Platypus Walk Into A Bar
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Plato And A Platypus Walk Into A Bar
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Author : Daniel Klein
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-10-13
Plato And A Platypus Walk Into A Bar written by Daniel Klein and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-13 with Philosophy categories.
Here’s an accusation – Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything. When it comes to language, it all depends on what your definition of ‘is’ is. And one for the existentialists – you haven’t lived until you think about death all the time. Daniel Klein and Thomas Cathcart take philosophy to task with flair and gusto in this wise and hilarious treasure of a book. Lively, original, and powerfully informative, Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar... is an irreverent crash course through the great thinkers and traditions. It’s philosophy for everyone, from the curious layperson to the professor who’s seen it all. 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. It’s the philosophy class you wish you’d had and finally, it all makes sense!
Plato And A Platypus Walk Into A Bar
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Plato And A Platypus Walk Into A Bar written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Philosophy categories.
Heidegger And A Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates
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Author : Thomas Cathcart
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2009-10-20
Heidegger And A Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates written by Thomas Cathcart and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-20 with Humor categories.
Q. Why are there almost as many jokes about death as there are about sex? A. Because they both scare the pants off us. Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein first made a name for themselves with the outrageously funny New York Times bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar.... Now they turn their attention to the Big "D" and share the timeless wisdom of the great philosophers, theologians, psychotherapists, and wiseguys. From angels to zombies and everything in between, Cathcart and Klein offer a fearless and irreverent history of how we approach death, why we embrace life, and whether there really is a hereafter. As hilarious as it is enlightening, Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates is a must-read for anyone and everyone who ever expects to die. And now, you can read Daniel Klein's further musings on life and philosophy in Travels with Epicurus and Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change it.
Travels With Epicurus
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Author : Daniel M. Klein
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books Limited
Release Date : 2012
Travels With Epicurus written by Daniel M. Klein and has been published by Penguin Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Epicureans (Greek philosophy) categories.
Describes how the author journeyed to Greece with a suitcase full of philosophy books in order to learn how to achieve a fulfilling old age, explaining how he came to regard old age as a life stage filled with simple and heady pleasures.
Every Time I Find The Meaning Of Life They Change It
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Author : Daniel Klein
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-05-05
Every Time I Find The Meaning Of Life They Change It written by Daniel Klein and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-05 with Philosophy categories.
“Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it.” The words of Reinhold Niebuhr provide the title and set the tone for what is a wryly humorous look at some of the great philosophical pronouncements on the most important question we can face. Daniel Klein’s philosophical journey began fifty years ago with just this conundrum; he began an undergraduate degree in philosophy at Harvard University to glean some clue as to what the answer could be. Now in his seventies, Klein looks back at the wise words of the great philosophers and considers how his own life has measured up. Told with the same brilliantly dry sense of humour that made Travels with Epicurus a Sunday Times bestseller, Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It is a pithy, dry, and eminently readable commentary on one of the most profound subjects there is.
The Trolley Problem Or Would You Throw The Fat Guy Off The Bridge
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Author : Thomas Cathcart
language : en
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Release Date : 2013-09-10
The Trolley Problem Or Would You Throw The Fat Guy Off The Bridge written by Thomas Cathcart and has been published by Workman Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-10 with Philosophy categories.
A trolley is careering out of control. Up ahead are five workers; on a spur to the right stands a lone individual. You, a bystander, happen to be standing next to a switch that could divert the trolley, which would save the five, but sacrifice the one—do you pull it? Or say you’re watching from an overpass. The only way to save the workers is to drop a heavy object in the trolley’s path. And you’re standing next to a really fat man…. This ethical conundrum—based on British philosopher Philippa Foot’s 1967 thought experiment—has inspired decades of lively argument around the world. Now Thomas Cathcart, coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, brings his sharp intelligence, quirky humor, and gift for popularizing serious ideas to “the trolley problem.” Framing the issue as a possible crime that is to be tried in the Court of Public Opinion, Cathcart explores philosophy and ethics, intuition and logic. Along the way he makes connections to the Utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham, Kant’s limits of reason, St. Thomas Aquinas’s fascinating Principle of Double Effect, and more. Read with an open mind, this provocative book will challenge your deepest held notions of right and wrong. Would you divert the trolley? Kill one to save five? Would you throw the fat man off the bridge?
Aristotle And An Aardvark Go To Washington
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Author : Thomas Cathcart
language : en
Publisher: Abrams Image
Release Date : 2007
Aristotle And An Aardvark Go To Washington written by Thomas Cathcart and has been published by Abrams Image this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Humor categories.
Uses jokes, cartoons, and philosophy to expose what politicians really mean, analyzing quotations from everyone from Condoleeza Rice to Al Sharpton.
There Is No God And Mary Is His Mother
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Author : Thomas Cathcart
language : en
Publisher: Fortress Press
Release Date : 2021-09-07
There Is No God And Mary Is His Mother written by Thomas Cathcart and has been published by Fortress Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-07 with Religion categories.
Is the Western world really post-Christian, or does Christianity simply need a reinterpretation? What did Dietrich Bonhoeffer mean by "religionless Christianity"? Is it pass? Or was it perhaps ahead of its time? In an era of dramatically increased religious pluralism and the emergence of large numbers of people identifying as "spiritual but not religious," so-called "religionless Christianity" can speak to those who find both biblicism and "belief-based" religion irrelevant. In this personal, witty, and timely book, New York Times bestselling author Thomas Cathcart takes readers on a journey into belief and unbelief and leads them through to the other side. Drawing from deep philosophical and theological wells, There Is No God and Mary Is His Mother demonstrates the meaningfulness of being a Christian in a secular age. Cathcart shows that, even absent traditional theological formulas and doctrines, Christianity can be a credible, meaningful, and practical means of negotiating worldly existence and experience. For Christians, There Is No God and Mary Is His Mother offers encouragement. For ex-Christians, it presents a different way of being a Christian than the one they've rejected. For atheists, it shows how Christianity can be an ally in affirming the here and now. Religionless Christianity is possible and desirable wherever and whenever it awakens personal and social transformation.
Wyntertide
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Author : Andrew Caldecott
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-05-31
Wyntertide written by Andrew Caldecott and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-31 with Fiction categories.
'Intricate and crisp, witty and solemn: a book with special and dangerous properties' Hilary Mantel on Rotherweird 'Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful - not to mention bold' - M.R. Carey on Rotherweird WELCOME BACK TO ROTHERWEIRD For four hundred years, the town of Rotherweird has stood alone, made independent from the rest of England to protect a deadly secret. But someone is playing a very long game. An intricate plot, centuries in the making, is on the move. Everything points to one objective - the resurrection of Rotherweird's dark Elizabethan past - and to one date: the Winter Equinox. Wynter is coming . . .
Milwaukee Television History
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Author : Dick Golembiewski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Milwaukee Television History written by Dick Golembiewski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Performing Arts categories.
"Milwaukee - not New York, Chicago or Los Angeleswas the scene of a number of television firsts: The Journal Company filed the very first application for a commercial TV license with the FCC in 1938. The first female program director and news director in a major market were both at Milwaukee stations. The city was a major battleground in the VHF vs. UHF war that began in the 1950s. The battle to put an educational TV station on the air was fought at the national, state and local levels by the Milwaukee Vocational School. WMVS-TV was the first educational TV station to run a regular schedule of colorcasts, and WMVT was the site of the first long-distance rest of a digital over-theair signal." "This detailed story of the rich history of the city's television stations since 1930 is told through facts, anecdotes, and quotations from the on-air talent, engineers, and managers who conceived, constructed, and put the stations on the air. Included are discussions of the many locally-produced shows - often done live - that once made up a large part of a station's broadcast day. Through these stories - some told here for the first time - and the book's extensive photographic images, the history of Milwaukee television comes alive again for the reader." "From the first early tests using mechanical scanning methods in the 1930s, through the first successful digital television tests, the politics, conflicts, triumphs, and failures of Milwaukee's television stations are described in fascinating detail." --Book Jacket.