Cathcart & Klein - Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar

Authors: Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein

Read by: Johnny Heller

Publisher: RecordedBooks, 2007

C4255 (4 compact discs/4.25 hours)

Description: (From the back cover of the book)

Finally, a crash course in philosophy via jokes. Gags really do explain the meaning of it all in this lively book, loaded with one liners, vaudeville humor, cartoons, and even a limerick or two.

Harvard philosophy majors Tom Cathcart and Dan Klein are your emcees on this hilarious yet profound tour de farce through Western philosophy, covering such topics as:

LOGIC Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything

EXISTENTIALISM You haven't lived until you think about death all the time

ETHICS The Sopranos' contribution to the Golden Rule

LANGUAGE It all depends on what your definition of is is.

TOM CATHCART and DAN 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, designed stunts for Candid Camera and continues to pen thrillers. Each lives with his wife in New England.

www.platoandaplatypus.com

Johnny Heller has found success as a stand-up comedian and TV actor. He has done comedy routines in New York nightclubs and made television appearances on Murphy Brown, soap operas and commercials.