Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Between Paperback – October 26, 2010

Philosophy through jokes. What a fabulous concept. The trio of books make philosophical concepts, easier to understand, quite interesting, and fun at the same time. These guys are geniuses.

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Philosophy, religion, the afterlife, and a few irreverent jokes. A great mix.As as philosophy major myself, I am aware that nit-splitting philosophical musings can induce coma-like symptoms. The authors keep it light, with overviews of "the big questions" mixed in with a little humor.Just right for non-academic folks interested in philosophy, and academics who dons't take themselves too seriously.Note that some of the humor is slightly politically incorrect, but that's what makes it humorous.

I enjoyed the first book, but nearly every joke in this one is ‘wife-bad’ boomer humor. And I understand both authors were over 70 when writing this, so the jokes reflect that, but genuinely 90% of the jokes rely on marital mishaps painting the husband as a bumbling fool and the wife as heartless.It takes away from the rest of the content.

This being the third book by Cathcart and Klein (I also recommend their previous two: Plato and a Platypus / Aristotle and an Aardvark Boxed Set (Box Set)), it is focused on the issue of death, suicide, heaven, hell and all that. It's full of memorable jokes and quotes such as, "Probably the toughest time in anyone's life is when you have to murder a loved one because they're the devil." Don't be fooled by some of the other reviewers, this book is very funny; it's full of hilarious jokes, which do indeed help elucidate some of the major themes in philosophical literature. It also includes some humorous cartoons. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.

Cutesy clever jokes organized into philosophical categories. I was hoping to pick up a few jokes to help me illustrate complex Philo concepts. No such luck with this series of books. They were too corny and too highly steeped in specific context to lend a hand at illustrating difficult concepts. Disappointing, but perhaps my expectations were too high. Glad I got a cheap, used copy.On the other hand, this book was entertaining. I felt a sweet trickle of delight running through the twists and turns of topic. I liked it, even if I didn't get practical tools to use in open conversation.Since there are not many comedians focusing on ancient philosophy for source material, I made do with this read and it's novelties. The main reason I subtracted one star was for depth. Otherwise a light, fun read.

Nearly identical in format to it's companion Plato And A Platypus Walk Into Bar, a wonderful balance of philosophy jokes and a little pedantry. This time there is more of a focus on religion, life, death and the afterlife- potentially daunting and depressing subjects made palatable with great deal of wit and humor. Much smarter and more educational than it needs to be. Another instant favourite. Most highly recommended.

of the three books that i've read, so far, by these two guys, this is my favorite. all their books are worth reading, and rereading, and rereading. never has philosophy been this much fun!!!