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heidegger and a hippo walk through those pearly gates using philosophy and jokes to explore life death the afterlife and everything in between
from the authors of the bestselling plato and a platypus walk into a bar an uproarious new book on the meaning of death and life too br the new book by the bestselling authors of plato and a platypus walk into a bar is a hilarious take on the philosophy theology and psychology of mortality and immortality . that is death . the authors pry open the coffin lid on this one looking at the big d and also its prequel life and its sequel the hereafter . philosophers such as schopenhauer nietzsche camus and sartre have been wrestling with the meaning of death for as long as they have been wrestling with the meaning of life . fortunately humorists have been keeping pace with the major thinkers by creating gags about dying . deaths funny that way it gets everybodys attention . br death has gotten a bad rap . its time to take a closer look at what the deep thinkers have to say on the subject and there are no better guides than cathcart and klein .
hardcover viking books 2009 isbn13 9780670020836 isbn10 0670020834
abridged n isbn 13 9780670020836 number in series 1 number of pages 245 publisher viking books release date 1255996800000