Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes by Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein

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

Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein

200 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology lighthearted medium-paced
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Here's a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. Its Philosophy 101 for everyone who knows not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. Some of the Big Ideas a...

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informative 84%
funny 78%
reflective 47%
lighthearted 31%
challenging 15%
relaxing 10%
adventurous 5%
mysterious 5%

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medium 42%
slow 10%

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