![]() ![]() OL12794012W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 92.11 Pages 232 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1613120354 Urn:lcp:platoandplatypus00cath:lcpdf:29404e30-adc5-438b-b235-53d1f7143557 A review of Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein. I just joined the Mormon Church, and I had to quit drinking.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:34:09 Boxid IA173201 Boxid_2 BL11203T Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York External-identifier When he comes to the bar for his second round, the bartender says, “Please accept my condolences, pal.” The Irishman says, “Oh, no, everyone’s fine. The other regulars notice, and a silence falls over the bar. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar.: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes - Kindle edition by Cathcart, Thomas, Klein, Daniel. One day he comes in and orders two pints. Each of these is for one of my brothers and the third is for me.” The bartender is touched, and says, “What a great custom!” The Irishman becomes a regular in the bar and always orders the same way. When we all went our separate ways, we promised each other that we’d all drink this way in memory of the days when we drank together. This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes theyd had in school.Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar. Here’s an accusation Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything. The bartender says, “You know, they’d be less likely to go flat if you bought them one at a time.” The man says, “Yeah, I know, but I have two brothers, one in the States, one in Australia. Read 1,908 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. “An Irishman walks into a Dublin bar, orders three pints of Guinness, and drinks them down, taking a sip from one, then a sip from the next, until they’re gone. Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes Twenty-one! And the booming voice says, “Un-fucking-believable!” Hey,” “Alvin, take another card!” the voice commands. ![]() “Alvin, take another card.” “What?” “TAKE ANOTHER CARD!” Alvin asks for another card. “Alvin, take a card!” “What? The dealer has …” “Take a card!” Alvin tells the dealer to hit him, and gets an ace. The voice says, “Alvin, go to the blackjack table and put it all down on one hand!” Alvin hesitates but gives in. “Alvin, just take the three million dollars and go to Las Vegas.”Alvin obeys, goes to Las Vegas, and visits a casino. The voice says, “Alvin, go to Las Vegas!” Alvin asks why. The voice goes on for days saying, “Alvin, sell your business for three million dollars!” After weeks of this, he relents and sells his store. “Alvin is working in his store when he hears a booming voice from above that says, “Alvin, sell your business!” He ignores it. Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes Teaches the principles and concepts of philosophy through one-liner jokes, vaudeville humor, cartoons, and limericks, in an irreverent introduction to the great philosophers and philosophical. To put it another way, take away Socrates’s rationality, and he’s no longer Socrates, but give him plastic surgery, and he’s Socrates with a nose job.” Plato and a platypus walk into a bar- : understanding philosophy through jokes Responsibility: Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein. Plato and a platypus walk into a bar- by Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, June 24, 2008, Penguin (Non-Classics) edition, Paperback in English. ![]() Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar has been a breakout bestseller ever since authorsand born vaudevilliansThomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on NPR’s Weekend Edition. This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they’d had in school. He wouldn’t even be a human being, so how could he be Socrates? On the other hand, Aristotle thought that Socrates’s property of being snub-nosed was merely accidental snub-nosed was part of how Socrates was, but it wasn’t essential to what or who he was. About Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar. Without the property of rationality, Socrates simply wouldn’t be Socrates. ![]() For example, Aristotle thought that rationality was essential to being a human being and, since Socrates was a human being, Socrates’s rationality was essential to his being Socrates. The way he put it is that essential properties are those without which a thing wouldn’t be what it is, and accidental properties are those that determine how a thing is, but not what it is. “Aristotle drew a distinction between essential and accidental properties. ![]()
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