Philosophy Jokes
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How to Tell a Joke
- An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Series)
- By: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Michael Fontaine - translator
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Can jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was talking about. One of Rome's greatest politicians, speakers, and lawyers, Cicero was also reputedly one of antiquity's funniest people. After he was elected commander-in-chief and head of state, his enemies even started calling him "the stand-up Consul". How to Tell a Joke provides a lively new translation of Cicero's essential writing on humor alongside that of the later Roman orator and educator Quintilian.
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Good stuff!
- By Larry W. Patrick on 08-27-24
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How to Tell a Joke
- An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Series)
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 03-30-21
- Language: English
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Can jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was talking about. One of Rome's greatest politicians, speakers, and lawyers, Cicero was also reputedly one of antiquity's funniest people....
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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar
- Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
- By: Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, longtime philosophers and comedians, present Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, an entertaining, enlightening, and engaging guide to the love of wisdom. With their combined knowledge, wit, and whimsy, the authors provide a book that can be thoroughly enjoyed by anyone, from the curious layman to the most well-versed professor of Nicomachean Ethics.
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Not impressive
- By C. Theimer on 11-05-07
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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar
- Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 09-26-07
- Language: English
- Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, longtime philosophers and comedians, present Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, an entertaining, enlightening, and engaging guide to the love of wisdom....
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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
- By: Thomas Cathcart
- Narrated by: Thomas Cathcart
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
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The new book by the best-selling 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.
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Straining too much; not funny.
- By MidwestGeek on 03-07-10
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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
- Narrated by: Thomas Cathcart
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 10-20-09
- Language: English
- From the authors of the best-selling Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar...., a new book on the meaning of death (and life, too)....
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Humour
- By: Terry Eagleton
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
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Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humor and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of laughter, from braying and cackling to sniggering and chortling? Is humor subversive, or can it defuse dissent? Can we define wit?
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Terrible narration, boring and monotone
- By LoveElectronics on 01-27-23
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Humour
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 05-14-19
- Language: English
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A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humor and comedy within Western culture - by one of its greatest exponents....
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Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington
- Political Doublespeak Through Philosophy & Jokes
- By: Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
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In Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington, our two favorite philosopher-comedians return just in time to save us from the doublespeak and flim-flam of politics in America.
Deploying jokes as well as the occasional insight from Aristotle and his peers, Cathcart and Klein explain what politicos are up to when they state: "The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence"; "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is"; or even, "We hold these truths to be self-evident...."
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- By Rick on 02-19-08
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Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington
- Political Doublespeak Through Philosophy & Jokes
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 01-31-08
- Language: English
- Deploying jokes as well as the occasional insight from Aristotle and his peers, Cathcart and Klein explain what politicos are up to....
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Us Women Ain’t No Joke: Book of Poems
- By: Renee Drummond-Brown
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Us Women Ain’t No Joke: Book of Poems, by author Reneé Drummond-Brown, reveals the priceless-worth, value, and incredible achievements, of women across the globe that society ignores. It is no secret that the social order nationally deprives women of societal, economic, educational, and political statuses of equality across the globe. Some say “A woman’s place is in the home,” and while that may be true, she isn’t far removed from the “Second-class citizen,” label society still bestows on her today. Ironically, the very same societal system that labels its women “Second-...
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Us Women Ain’t No Joke: Book of Poems
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Release date: 11-05-24
- Language: English
- Us Women Ain’t No Joke: Book of Poems, by author Reneé Drummond-Brown, reveals the priceless-worth, value, and incredible achievements, of women...
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Dangerous Jokes
- How Racism and Sexism Weaponize Humor
- By: Claire Horisk
- Narrated by: Rachel Perry
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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Dangerous Jokes develops a novel, well-researched, and compelling argument that lays bare the power of demeaning jokes in ordinary conversations. Claire Horisk draws on her expertise in philosophy of language and on evidence from sociology, law, and cognitive science to explain how the element of humor—so often used as a defense—makes jokes more potent than regular speech in communicating prejudice and reinforcing social hierarchies.
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Dangerous Jokes
- How Racism and Sexism Weaponize Humor
- Narrated by: Rachel Perry
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 05-28-24
- Language: English
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Dangerous Jokes develops a novel, well-researched, and compelling argument that lays bare the power of demeaning jokes in ordinary conversations.
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Philosophy Collection
- The Ideas and Biographies of Friedrich Nietzsche, Soren Kierkegaard, Immanuel Kant, Seneca, and Schopenhauer - Metaphysics, Stoicism, Nihilism, Will to Power, & More
- By: Arthur Russell
- Narrated by: Michael A. Harding
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Are you interested in philosophy? Do the greatest thinkers from the past influence the way you think and act? Philosophers have been shaping the world for centuries. Their ideas have shaped the way we act as individuals and groups for as long as we can remember, and their deep thought processes have been marveled at and replicated by millions across the world.
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Especially great for non-philosophers!
- By Alex Martinez on 09-19-19
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Philosophy Collection
- The Ideas and Biographies of Friedrich Nietzsche, Soren Kierkegaard, Immanuel Kant, Seneca, and Schopenhauer - Metaphysics, Stoicism, Nihilism, Will to Power, & More
- Narrated by: Michael A. Harding
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 06-11-19
- Language: English
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Are you interested in philosophy? Do the greatest thinkers from the past influence the way you think and act? Philosophers have been shaping the world for centuries....
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5 Reasons Stoicism Is Better Than Everything
- And Some Cheap Ancient Philosophy Jokes
- By: Jess Charles Taylor Whitson
- Narrated by: Carrie Burgess
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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I wanted to write a book that makes people laugh when they read about Stoicism. Comedy is an important way of revealing truth to us in its different forms. I also wanted to educate people about Stoicism while comparing it to other philosophies or topics or things in a tongue-in-cheek way.
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Great Audiobook
- By Amazon Customer on 09-12-18
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5 Reasons Stoicism Is Better Than Everything
- And Some Cheap Ancient Philosophy Jokes
- Narrated by: Carrie Burgess
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 08-22-18
- Language: English
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I wanted to write a book that makes people laugh when they read about Stoicism. Comedy is an important way of revealing truth to us in its different forms....
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