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    Title
    Plato and A Platypus Walk into A Bar
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Thomas Cathcart
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 224
    Width: 125 mm
    Height: 179 mm
    Thickness: 15 mm
    Weight: 177 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780143113874
    ISBN 10: 0143113879
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: PHI000000
    BICMainSubject: WH
    Dewey: 102.07
    BISAC category code: HUM004000
    BIC subject category: HPC
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T8.6
    BISAC category code: PHI009000
    Dewey: 102.07
    BISAC category code: HUM003000
    Edition statement
    Reprint
    Publisher
    Penguin Books
    Imprint name
    Penguin Books
    Publication date
    01 July 2008
    Publication City/Country
    New York, NY/GB
    Main description
    This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they’d had in school 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! Watch a QuickTime trailer for this book.
    Review quote
    "The zaniest bestseller of the year."--"The Boston Globe" "I laughed, I learned, I loved it."--Roy Blount, Jr.