Heidegger and a hippo walk through those pearly gates : using philosophy (and jokes!) to explore life, death, the afterlife, and everything in between

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  • Author: Klein, Daniel M. , Cathcart, Thomas
    Summary:

    This is a hilarious take on the philosophy, theology, and psychology of mortality, Death, the Big D. Humorists have kept pace with philosophers by creating gags about dying. Death's funny that way: it gets everybody's attention.

    Contents:
    • Surely there must be some mistake
    • Just let your angst be your umbrella
    • Death? the way to go!
    • Heideggerty-dog, ziggity-boom, what you do to me
    • Spin your own immortality
    • The eternal now
    • Plato, the godfather of soul
    • Heaven, a landscape to die for
    • Tunnel vision
    • The original knock-knock joke
    • Beating death to the punch
    • Immortality through not dying
    • The end.
    Genre: Humour, Philosophy
    Original Publisher: [Ashland, Oregon] , Blackstone Publishing
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781441700094

    ,

    1441700099

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Abstract

This is a hilarious take on the philosophy, theology, and psychology of mortality, Death, the Big D. Humorists have kept pace with philosophers by creating gags about dying. Death's funny that way: it gets everybody's attention.

Genre
Humour
Philosophy
Publisher (Source)

[Ashland, Oregon]

Blackstone Publishing

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