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Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates
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An hilarious take on the philosophy, theology and psychology of mortality and immortality, using jokes to explore life, death and everything in between.
Featuring Freud! Groucho Marx! Socrates! Lily Tomlin! Kierkegaard! Buddha! New Yorker cartoonists! Zombies! And of course, Heidegger!
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.
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Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates receives praise for its engaging, humorous approach to exploring philosophical and psychological concepts related to death and the afterlife. The authors, Daniel Klein and Thomas Cathcart, are commended for their ability to simplify complex ideas with wit and relatability, making the book enjoyable for both philosophy enthusiasts and newcomers alike.
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ISBN: 9781925603347
Publisher: Text Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 January 2018
Country: Australia
Imprint: The Text Publishing Company
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 240g
Pages: 248
About the Author
Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein have known each other since they were philosophy students at Harvard. They have written several bestsellers together, including Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar and Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington. Tom is the author of The Trolley Problem, or Would You Throw the Fat Guy Off the Bridge? Danny's other books include Travels with Epicurus and Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life They Change It.
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