Read Heidegger And A Hippo Walk Through The Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) To Explain Life, Death, The Afterlife, And Everything In Between (2000)
Heidegger And A Hippo Walk Through The Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) To Explain Life, Death, The Afterlife, And Everything In Between (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
Jag har svårt att sätta ord på Heidegger and a Hippo. Filosofi är en genre som jag normalt sett aldrig läser och kan med det erkänna att jag inte har någon större kunskap om det heller. Jag gillade däremot Cathcarts och Kleins förra bok, Plato and a Platypus, så jag beslöt mig för att även läsa denna bok. Jag blev heller inte besviken på denna även om jag föredrar Plato and a Platypus.I Heidegger and a Hippo utforskar författarna ämnen som människans sökande efter odödlighet och vad det är som händer om/när vi så småningom dör. Det är ett intressant sätt att bemöta ganska tunga och känsliga frågor. Författarna gör det på ett lättsamt och, framförallt, roligt sätt. Bokens styrka är de olika infallsvinklarna författarna diskuterar. Det är, med andra ord, inte bara en eller tre filosofer som diskuteras. Det är allt från Plato till Heidegger och Woody Allen. Den senare citeras även ofta – vilket alltid är roligt. Bokens svaghet är de många smeknamn författarna använder sig av. Det ger boken, enligt min mening, en ganska så oseriöst intryck. Jag hade även svårt för delarna där ”the average guy” Daryl deltog. Det var bara tråkigt och, ibland, irriterande. In the beginning, I laughed my ass off at some of the jokes. But as I continued on I found myself less and less interested. After reading over two thirds I just skimmed it to the end. The dialogue with Daryl was annoying and really detracted from the book over. Here were the jokes that made me crack up. Suicide is our way of saying to God, “You can’t fire me, I quit!” – Bill MaherOld Sol Bloom lay dying in his bed, when he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favourite strudel wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom and forced himself down the staris, griping the railing with both hands. With laboured breath, he leaned against the door frame, gazing into the kitchen.If it were for the pain in his chest, he would have thought he was already in Heaven. There, spread out on paper towels on the kitchen table, were literally hundreds of pieces of his favourite pastry. Sol smiled; this was one final act of love from his devoted wife, Sophie, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man. With a quivering hand he reached for a piece of the strudel. Suddenly he felt the slap of a spatula.“Stay out of those,” Sophie said. “They’re for after.”I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said, “Stop! Don’t do it!”“Why shouldn’t I? he said.“Well, there’s so much to live for!”“Like what?”“Well…are you religious?”He said yes.I said, “Me too. See? We’ve got lots in common already, so let’s talk this thing through. Are you Christian or Buddhist?”“Christian.”“Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?”“Protestant”“Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?”“Baptist.”“Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?”“Baptist Church of God!”“Me too! Are original Baptist Church of God, or are you reformed Baptist Church of God?”“Reformed Baptist Church of God!”“Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God reformation of 1879 or Reformed Baptist Church of God reformation of 1915?”He said, “Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915!”I said, “Die, heretic scum,” and pushed him off. Shorter version,Probably the toughest time in anyone’s lifeis when you have to murder a loved one because they’re the devil.- Emo PhillipsCartoon with a person in front of God at a desk.“You picked the wrong religion, period. I’m not going to argue about it.”
What do You think about Heidegger And A Hippo Walk Through The Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) To Explain Life, Death, The Afterlife, And Everything In Between (2000)?
A philosophical discussion of what we REALLY think (or delude ourselves) about our own demise
—lolita98
almost finished This is my subway reasing book, after the day's WPost
—Violet
Definitely one of the most enjoyable ways to learn philosophy.
—EvaSolomon
