Thomas Cathcart

Daniel Klein

Here’s an accusation – Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything. When it comes to language, it all depends on what your definition of ‘is’ is. And one for the existentialists – you haven’t lived until you think about death all the time. Daniel Klein and Thomas Cathcart take philosophy to task with flair and gusto in this wise and hilarious treasure of a book. Lively, original, and powerfully informative, Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar... is an irreverent crash course through the great thinkers and traditions. It’s philosophy for everyone, from the curious layperson to the professor who’s seen it all. Klein and Cathcart have the knack of getting to the core of an issue in a crystal clear line, meaning there’s more room for jokes – good jokes, clever jokes, jokes that’ll have you laughing so hard the people nearby will shoot you strange looks. It’s the philosophy class you wish you’d had and finally, it all makes sense!

Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar

Felsefeyi Mizah Yoluyla Anlamak

Platon Bir Gün Kolunda Bir Ornitorenkle Bara Girer

A hilarious new exploration of philosophy through cartoons from the duo who brought you the New York Times bestselling Plato and a Platypus Walk Into A Bar... Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klien have been thinking deep thoughts and writing jokes for decades, and now they are here to help us understand Philosophy through cartoons, and cartoons through Philosophy. Covering topics as diverse as religion, gender, knowledge, morality, and the meaning of life (or the lack thereof), I Think, Therefore I Draw gives a thorough introduction to all of the major debates in philosophy through history and the present. And since they explain with the help of a selection of some of the smartest cartoonists working today, you'll breeze through these weighty topics as you guffaw and slap your knee. Cathcart and Klein's Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar... and Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates have been a favorite of philosophers and non-philosophers alike for years. Packed with dozens of witty cartoons and loaded with profound philosophical insight, I Think, Therefore I Draw will delight readers and leave them enlightened.

Understanding Philosophy Through Cartoons

I Think, Therefore I Draw

“Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it.” The words of Reinhold Niebuhr provide the title and set the tone for what is a wryly humorous look at some of the great philosophical pronouncements on the most important question we can face. Daniel Klein’s philosophical journey began fifty years ago with just this conundrum; he began an undergraduate degree in philosophy at Harvard University to glean some clue as to what the answer could be. Now in his seventies, Klein looks back at the wise words of the great philosophers and considers how his own life has measured up. Told with the same brilliantly dry sense of humour that made Travels with Epicurus a Sunday Times bestseller, Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It is a pithy, dry, and eminently readable commentary on one of the most profound subjects there is.

Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live

Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It

هر بار که معنی زندگی را فهمیدم، عوضش کردند

Our society worships at the fountain of youth. Each year, we seek to avert the arrival of old age using everything at our disposal, from extreme exercise and botox to pilates and cosmetic dentistry. But in the process, are we missing out on a distinct and extraordinarily valuable stage of life? Daniel Klein ponders whether it is better to be forever young or to grin toothlessly and live an authentic old age. He journeys to the Greek island of Hydra to discover the secrets of ageing happily. Drawing on the lives of octagenarian Greek locals, as well as philosophers ranging from Epicurus to Sartre, he uncovers the pleasures that are available only late in life. An escapist travel book, a witty meditation, and an optimistic guide to living well, this is a delightful jaunt through the terrain of old age, led by a funny and uniquely perceptive modern-day sage.

Meditations from a Greek Island on the Pleasures of Old Age

Travels with Epicurus

Describes how the author journeyed to Greece with a suitcase full of philosophy books in order to learn how to achieve a fulfilling old age, explaining how he came to regard old age as a life stage filled with simple and heady pleasures.

A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life

A humorous and philosophical trip through life, from the New York Times–bestselling coauthor of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . . Daniel Klein’s fans have fallen in love with the warm, humorous, and thoughtful way he shows how philosophy resonates in everyday life. Readers of his popular books Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . . and Travels with Epicurus come for enlightenment and stay for the entertainment. As a young college student studying philosophy, Klein filled a notebook with short quotes from the world’s greatest thinkers, hoping to find some guidance on how to live the best life he could. Now, from the vantage point of his eighth decade, Klein revisits the wisdom he relished in his youth with this collection of philosophical gems, adding new ones that strike a chord with him at the end of his life. From Epicurus to Emerson and Camus to the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr—whose words provided the title of this book—each pithy extract is annotated with Klein’s inimitable charm and insights. In these pages, our favorite jokester–philosopher tackles life’s biggest questions, leaving us chuckling and enlightened.

Filozofun Mutluluk Seyahatnamesi Epikuros'la Felsefi Yolculuklar

Schmegoogle

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar

Schmegoogle: n. : a person so insignificant that if you Google his name, nothing comes up. Schmegoogle: Yiddish Words for Modern Times is a hilariously useful lexicon of neologisms that capture the flavor of life as we live it today. This clever book introduces more than 200 new terms rooted in real Yiddish, accompanied funny use-it-in-a-sentence examples and entertaining etymology. • Yiddish has long enriched English language slang. • Covers subjects including technology, family, dating, anxiety, insults and more • All terms are a unique blend of classic Yiddish with modern topics In this fast-changing modern world experienced online and through apps, of foodies, legal weed, and shifting social constructs, our need for the expressive wonders of Yiddish has never been greater. Bothered by that unanswered drift of e-mail piling up (e-charazi), stuffed by food or worry (gifilted), feeling like the dating app sends in only clowns (a zhlub magnet)? Schmegoogle is here to help. • Hilarious useful Yiddish neologisms for the 21st century • Makes a great gift for Jewish holidays or anyone who loves Jewish humor, as well as language nerds. • Perfect to for any occasion • You'll love this book if you love books like Yiddish with Dick and Jane by Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman, Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods by Michael Wex, and Yiddish with George and Laura by Ellis Weiner, Barbara Davilman.

Uses jokes, cartoons, and philosophy to expose what politicians really mean, analyzing quotations from everyone from Condoleeza Rice to Al Sharpton.

Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington

Here's an accusation - Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything. When it comes to language, it all depends on what your definition of 'is' is. And one for the existentialists - you haven't lived until you think about death all the time. Crammed with over one hundred jokes and graced by the occasional cartoon, written in a Marxist style (Groucho's, not Karl's) and featuring frequent appearances from a comic two-man Greek chorus, Plato and a Platypus is a hilarious romp through the classic areas of philosophy. Don't be put off by the seriousness of the contents page, what follows is anything but.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medizin und Gesundheit, Note: 2.0, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg (Lehrstuhl für Soziologie II), Veranstaltung: Allgemeine Soziologie I: Max Weber, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: „Der Vortrag, den ich auf Ihren Wunsch zu halten habe, wird Sie nach verschiedenen Richtungen notwendig enttäuschen. In einer Rede über Politik als Beruf werden Sie unwillkürlich eine Stellungnahme zu aktuellen Tagesfragen erwarten. Das wird aber nur in einer rein formalen Art [...] geschehen[...]“ (Weber 1926/ 1992: 5). Mit diesen Worten beginnt Max Weber seinen 1919 gehalten Vortrag über Politik als Beruf. Auch diese Arbeit wird Sie, die Leser notwendig enttäuschen. Zunächst werden wir Webers Gedankengang durch seinen Vortrag hindurch folgen. Wir werden dabei nahe an der zweiten Auflage des Textes von 1926 bleiben. Anschließend werden wir versuchen diese Gedanken auf aktuelle Tagesfragen zu beziehen. Dazu werden wir, mit Weber die Debatte um die Stammzellenforschung beleuchten. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird es jedoch nicht möglich sein (weit) über das von den Medien vermittelte Alltagswissen zu diesem Thema hinauszugehen. Ebenso wenig werden wir die Argumentationen der verschiedenen Positionen in Gänze nachvollziehen können. Da es sich bei dieser Ausarbeitung aber um eine soziologische Perspektive handelt, soll uns dieser Umstand nicht allzu sehr stören. „- Damit zur Sache!“ (Weber 1926/ 1992: 5)

Die aktuelle Debatte um das Gesetz der Stammzellenforschung aus der Perspektive von "Politik als Beruf"

Max Weber und die Stammzellenforschung

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2000 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Medienpädagogik, Note: 1,0, Evangelische Fachhochschule Berlin, Veranstaltung: Pädagogikseminar 1. Semester, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Hausarbeit reflektiert kritisch die Rolle der modernen Massenmedien wie Internet, CD, DVD und Fernsehen im Verlauf des Sozialisationsprozesses von Kleinkindern und Jugendlichen im Elternhaus, dem Kindergarten und der Schule. Welche Aufgaben kommen somit den Eltern, den Erziehern, dem System Schule und jedem Individuum zu? Was ist die demokratisierende Rolle von Massenmedien und wie nehmen Kleinkindern und Jugendliche Information aus den Medien wahr und verarbeiten diese? Zudem beschäftigt sich die Arbeit mit Konzepten der Medienerziehung. In hochindustrialisierten Welten gehören Medien (Fernsehen, Video, Computer) mittlerweile zum Teil unseres Alltags. Moderne Menschen scheinen sich kritiklos Werbesendungen, Spielfilmen, Gewaltdarstellungen, aber auch Nachrichtensendungen, Reportagen und Dokumentationsreihen hinzugeben. Schon Kleinkinder werden durch die Medien beeinflusst und oftmals übernehmen diese, allen voran das Fernsehen, die Erziehungsfunktion mit inhaltlich und pädagogisch oftmals fragwürdigen Sendebeiträgen. Viele lehnen geradezu die neue multimediale Erlebniswelt wegen ihrer Gefahr der Reizüberflutung, Entfremdung der Kinder von den Eltern durch die Technik, emotionaler Verarmung oder fiktionaler Angebote ab. In den Bereichen kommt es immer mehr in der Werbung, im Urlaub oder in der Freizeit zu einer Hinwendung auf erlebnisorientierte Inhalte. Der ständige Konsument ist dazu verurteilt, sich stets neuen und stärkeren Reizen zuzuwenden, um seinem Bedürfnis nach Anerkennung nachzukommen und seinen beruflichen Status zu sichern.

Konzepte der Medienerziehung. Welchen Einfluss haben Massenmedien auf Kinder und Jugendliche?

Eine Einführung in die Philosophie – der witzigste Weg zu philosophischer Weitsicht Üblicherweise sind Witze eine Sache, Philosophie eine ganz andere. Hier aber bringen Witze auf den Punkt, worüber sich die großen Denker den Kopf zerbrochen haben, groteske Pointen lassen philosophische Erkenntnisse zum Vorschein kommen. Dieser philosophische Crash-Kurs aktiviert die Lachmuskeln und vermittelt nebenbei tiefe Einblicke in alle wichtigen Denkdisziplinen wie Logik, Metaphysik, Ethik, Sprach- und Staatsphilosophie. Das ganz besondere Geschenkbuch

Philosophie verstehen durch Witze

Platon und Schnabeltier gehen in eine Bar...

Als junger Philosophiestudent notierte sich Daniel Klein 40 Zitate großer Denker in einem Notizbuch und hoffte so Antworten darauf zu finden, wie sich ein gutes Leben gestalten lässt. Diese Weisheiten greift er nun nacheinander auf und erweitert sie um Erkenntnisse, die er in seinem späteren Leben gesammelt hat. Von Aristoteles und Epikur über Emerson und Camus bis Aldous Huxley nähert sich Klein humorvoll und zugleich tiefgründig großen philosophischen Ideen an. Er leitet daraus mögliche Lebensweisheiten für den sinnsuchenden Leser ab und schickt ihn auf eine spannende und erhellende Entdeckungsreise zu sich selbst.

Ein Philosophieverstehbuch

Immer wenn ich den Sinn des Lebens gefunden habe, ist er schon wieder woanders

Philosophie für jeden Tag

Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of an Authentic Old Age is a humorous, uplifting meditation on finding the pleasures of old age, by the bestselling co-author of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar. When philosopher, jokester and septuagenarian Daniel Klein goes to the dentist for a regular check-up, he is informed that he needs a section of his lower teeth removed and replaced with either a denture plate or implants. The implants would require frequent trips to the dentist over the course of a year, a lot of money and a lot of pain. The denture plate on the other hand would leave Klein with the unmistakable clunky smile of an old man. Though Klein initially opts for the implants he soon questions his decision. Is it better to a spend a precious year trying to extend the prime of his life, or to live an authentic old age, toothless grin and all? Klein decided the answer lay in a place where people seemed to know the secret to a long, happy and healthy life - Greece. He travels there with a library of his favourite philosophers and observes other septuagenarians and octogenarians, and contemplates his own life, particularly seeking out wisdom from renowned hedonist Epicurus. From that journey comes a sincere and humorous book on ageing and an Epicurean way of living. Daniel Klein is the author, with Thomas Cathcart, of the international bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar. A graduate of Harvard, in philosophy, he is the co-author of twenty-five other books. He lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, Freke Vuijst. 'Klein's narrative is a delightful and spirited conversation, offering up the ingredients inherent to the art of living well in old age.' Publisher's Weekly 'A book with a lightness of touch that is also deeply serious and satisfying philosophically.' Weekend Australian 'Is it possible to grow old with not only grace, but also enjoyment? Klein shows we can make the best of what we have.' Sun Herald/Sunday Age 'It is a charming read, sincere and yet humorous, contemplating the joys of retirement before old old age and disability set in, if only we can let go of the contemporary idea of striving to be forever young.' Otago Daily Times 'You don't have to be old to be won over by the charms of this intelligent, playful and moving book.' Saturday Age 'Daniel Klein presents a compelling argument for idleness, contemplation and unhurried playfulness as we head into old age...If we're lucky, we'll all be old some day, so there's something for us all in this intelligent look at a stage of life that is rarely examined.' Australian Women's Weekly 'Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of an Authentic Old Age will give pause for thought to anyone in the Baby Boomer generation contemplating how best to manage the transition to old age.' ANZlitlovers 'Armed with a suitcase full of philosophy books, gentle humour and lively conversation, Klein will prise any reader away from the "everyday affairs and politics" that dominate our lives.' Hoopla

Daniel Klein

About

Books

Join the club