Daniel M. Klein
Teoksen Platon ja vesinokkaeläin menivät kapakkaan : filosofiaa vitsikkäästi tekijä
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Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the… (2009) 530 kappaletta
Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak Through Philosophy and Jokes (2008) 445 kappaletta
Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life (2012) 368 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Muut nimet
- Klein, Daniel Martin
- Syntymäaika
- 1939-04-20
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Massachusetts, USA
- Koulutus
- Harvard College (AB|1961|Philosophy)
- Ammatit
- writer
- Suhteet
- Vuijst, Freke (wife)
Cathcart, Thomas (collaborator) - Lyhyt elämäkerta
- "But in the meantime graduation was swiftly approaching, my adult life was about to begin in earnest, and I was desperate for some hints on what to do next. In the following years I dropped in and out of a couple of graduate schools of philosophy and supported myself by writing quiz questions and stunts for TV game shows, routines for stand-up comedians, and mystery novels. I also traveled a lot, usually lugging along a few philosophy books. I was still looking for ideas on how to live the best life." [from the Prologue of Every time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It (2015)]
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Book Discussion: The History of Now (spoilers possible), Hogwarts Express (heinäkuu 2009)
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It achieved its goal of explaining philosophy to the layman. But I wouldn't go out of my way to reccomend it to friends.
I've been a casual reader of philosophy since my dad gave me a copy of "Thales to Dewey" when I was a senior in high school. I mention this only because I'm not sure if the jokes were funnier to me because I was familiar with most of the philosophical points they were illustrating. Either way, one isn't going to walk away from this book knowing a great deal about philosophy. But it might take the scary/snobby edge off of the subject and allow one to more comfortably take up reading a good philosophy book.… (lisätietoja)
A great reflection on getting older from a philosophical point of view.
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For me, this relaxed meditation on living well is timely in that I am now 72 and, according to the Hindu principles outlined by Klein, I am entering the sannyasi period characterised by renunciation following vanaprastha or the hermitic phase of forest dwelling (which is true). I’m seized with enthusiasm for renouncing all the useless stuff and have just spend the morning cleaning out one of my sheds. So useful to renounce so much junk that I’ve been hanging on to for years and take it to the tip or the op-shop. No wonder my wife gave me this book. How far renunciation will take me remains to be seen. It’s the last period before old old age where you might as well be dead so I’d better make the best of it..
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