Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar . . .

<p><b>This <i>New York Times </i>bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they'd had in school.</b></p>Outrageously funny <i>Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar</i>... has been a breakout bestseller ever since authors--and born vaudevillians--Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on NPR's <i>Weekend Edition</i>. Lively original and powerfully informative <i>Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar</i>... is a not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical thinkers and traditions from Existentialism (<i>What do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?</i>) to Logic (<i>Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything</i>). Philosophy 101 for those who like to take the heavy stuff lightly this is a joy to read--and finally it all makes sense! <p/>And now you can read Daniel Klein's further musings on life and philosophy in <i>Travels with Epicurus</i> and <i>Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life They Change it</i>.