书名：Plato and A Platypus Walk into A Bar柏拉图和鸭嘴兽一起去酒吧
作者：Thomas Cathcart
出版社名称：Penguin Books
出版时间：2008

语种：英语
ISBN：9780143113874
商品尺寸：12.5 x 1.5 x 17.7 cm
包装：平装
页数：224（以实物为准）

[Cathcart and Klein] know their stuff, and wear their learnedness lightly, and Plato and a Platypus is a pleasure to read....I can't help but love this book, and I have been quoting liberally from it --Philosophy Now

What happens when you mix corny jokes, one-liners and vaudeville humour with some of life's great lessons? You get an extraordinary read you'll want to share with as many people as possible. --Orlando Sentinel

"The zaniest bestseller of the year." --The Boston Globe

"I laughed, I learned, I loved it." --Roy Blount, Jr.

柏拉图代表哲学智慧，鸭嘴兽代表风趣幽默，两者同根同源，天生一对!这是一堂人人都希望学校里开设的哲学入门课。本书用一个个笑到喷饭的哲学段子，向我们解释了历史上的伟大哲学家、哲学流派和思想传统——从不可知论聊到禅学，再从解释学、逻辑学讨论到永恒。本书将向你展示：如何通过笑话阐释哲学概念，以及有多少笑话本身就蕴含着精辟的哲理。作者们想要表达：不仅是哲学，生活中的一切都是这么简单、轻松、有意义！

Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . . has been a breakout bestseller ever since authors(and born vaudevillians)Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on NPR's Weekend Edition. Lively, original, and powerfully informative, Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar . . . is a not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical thinkers and traditions, from Existentialism (What do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?) to Logic (Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything). Philosophy 101 for those who like to take the heavy stuff lightly, this is a joy to read and finally, it all makes sense!

Tom Cathcart and Daniel Klein pursued the usual careers after majoring in philosophy at Harvard. Tom worked with street gangs in Chicago and dropped in and out of various divinity schools. Dan wrote jokes for comedians, including Flip Wilson and Lily Tomlin, designed stunts for Candid Camera, and continues to pen thrillers. Each lives with his wife in New England