Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

This New York Times bestseller with a brand-new cover, is the hilarious, insightful philosophy course everyone wishes they’d had in school

“[Cathcart and Klein] know their stuff and wear their learnedness lightly, and Plato and a Platypus is a pleasure to read . . . I can’t help but love this book, and I have been quoting liberally from it.” —Philosophy Now

“A hoot.” —Times Literary Supplement

“What happens when you mix corny jokes, one-liners and vaudeville humor with some of life’s great le...