Cathcart, Thomas, 1940-

Heidegger and a hippo walk through those pearly gates : using philosophy (and jokes!) to explain life, death, the afterlife, and everything in between / by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein. - viii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-236) and index.

Surely there must be some mistake -- Just let your angst be your umbrella -- Death? the way to go! -- Heidegger-dog, ziggity-boom, what you do to me -- Spin your own immortality -- The eternal now -- Plato, the godfather of soul -- Heaven, a landscape to die for -- Tunnel vision -- The original knock-knock joke -- Beating death to the punch -- Immortality through not dying -- The end.

9780670020836

2009017128


Death.
Future life.
Immortality.
Death--Humor.
Future life--Humor.
Immortality--Humor.

BD444 / .C38 2009

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