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A great, light-hearted way to learn about philosophy

By the means of jokes, most very funny, this book takes a light-hearted dig at philosophy, while also doing a great job of explaining its complexities! For anyone even remotely interested in philosophy.
Makes understanding philosophy very easy, and fun. Covers all the major fallacies and beliefs.
This book outperforms its cousin in style - Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates doesn't manage to get the job done in such a fun way.
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Ruchir Sharma

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Sep, 2014

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Funny ... Yes indeed, Introduction to Philosophy .... No

This turned out to be my first book on the subject of Philosophy, expecting a light relaxed read with elements of humor, the book was perfect.
The author goes though different subjects and classes of philosophy with multiple examples, the twist is all these examples are jokes. And yes they do bring out the meaning of the subject quite well.

The problem with this method is each class of philosophy is covered with just one example(or joke). This way you cover a very vast universe of topics,...
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Rushad Patel

May, 2012

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Awesome!

You cannot NOT read this book. If you are a philosophical person and would love to get a hand on daily conflicts, go for it!
This book definitely, slips into your spine!
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Ashish Thakur

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Jul, 2015

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GOOD BUT A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND FOR BEGINNERS

good book but could be better if the jokes should be explained how they are connected to philosophy, so one should read this book only if one should have a little knowledge about concepts of philosophy
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Tushar Sahu

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Jul, 2014

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