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Here's a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. It's Philosophy 101 for everyone who knows not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. Some of the Big Ideas are Existentialism (what do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?), Philosophy of Language (how to express what it's like being stranded on a desert island with Halle Berry), Feminist Philosophy (why, in the end, a man is always a man), and much more. Finally—it all makes sense!
“I laughed, I learned, I loved it!” Roy Blount Jr.

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From: Amazon Posted: Jan 28, 2008 Type: User Review Long on lightness.

No doubt about it, this is a fun little book to read. That said, if you hoped for a painless way to get an even superficial understanding of the basics of philosophy, you'll probably have to keep looking.

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From: Amazon Posted: Jan 27, 2008 Type: User Review new insights of recycled jokes

You can tell a good comedian by his delivery. Cathcart and Klein have writen an interesting, and even fascinating, book of jokes. Some of the jokes are old and not particularly funny, but I found that I spent a lot of time thinking about them and...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jan 18, 2008 Type: User Review Your spouse will wonder why you're laughing in the john.

This is a truly delightful book. It manages to combine humor and profound philosophical issues in a manner that doesn't trivialize the philosophy or dilute the jokes. This is a very creative effort and one can only hope for more from these authors.
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From: Amazon Posted: Jan 18, 2008 Type: User Review Cute Introduction but lacks anything really interesting

The book does a fair job of introducing several basic philosophic concepts though the authors occasionally miss the point or in the case of the brief discussion of the Will to Power get it completely wrong. None the less, a cute book, but watch...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jan 16, 2008 Type: User Review LOL

I laughed so hard I scared the dogs. Definitely one to pass along to friends.
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