Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates : Using Philosophy (And Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Between Hardcover - 2009
by Daniel Klein; Thomas Cathcart
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
From the authorsof the bestsellingPlato and aPlatypus Walkinto a Bar, anuproarious newbook on themeaning of death(and life, too)
The new book by the bestselling authors of Plato and a PlatypusWalk Into a Bar is a hilarious take on the philosophy, theology,and psychology of mortality and immortality. That is, Death. Theauthors pry open the coffin lid on this one, looking at the Big Dand also its prequel, Life, and its sequel, the Hereafter.Philosophers such as Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Camus, andSartre have been wrestling with the meaning of death for as longas they have been wrestling with the meaning of life. Fortunately,humorists have been keeping pace with the major thinkers bycreating gags about dying. Death's funny that way-it gets everybody'sattention.
Death has gotten a bad rap. It's time to take a closer look atwhat the Deep Thinkers have to say on the subject, and there areno better guides than Cathcart and Klein.
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- Title Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates : Using Philosophy (And Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Between
- Author Daniel Klein; Thomas Cathcart
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 245
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
- Date 2009
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0670020834I4N10
- ISBN 9780670020836 / 0670020834
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 7.36 x 6.5 x 0.9 in (18.69 x 16.51 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Death, Future life
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009017128
- Dewey Decimal Code 129
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Summary
From the authors of the bestselling Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, an uproarious new book on the meaning of death (and life, too)
The new book by the bestselling authors of Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar is a hilarious take on the philosophy, theology, and psychology of mortality and immortality. That is, Death. The authors pry open the coffin lid on this one, looking at the Big D and also its prequel, Life, and its sequel, the Hereafter. Philosophers such as Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Camus, and Sartre have been wrestling with the meaning of death for as long as they have been wrestling with the meaning of life. Fortunately, humorists have been keeping pace with the major thinkers by creating gags about dying. Death’s funny that way—it gets everybody’s attention.
Death has gotten a bad rap. It’s time to take a closer look at what the Deep Thinkers have to say on the subject, and there are no better guides than Cathcart and Klein.
