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Author:

Cathcart, Thomas, 1940-

Title:

Heidegger and a hippo walk through those pearly gates : using philosophy (and jokes!) to explain life, death, the afterlife, and everything in between / Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein.

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2010, c2009

Description:

viii, 245 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Klein, Daniel M.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Viking, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-236) and index.

Contents:

Part I. Dead! Whatcha gonna do about it? : Surely there must be some mistake -- Let your angst be your umbrella -- Death: the way to go! -- Heideggerty-dog, ziggity-boom, what you do to me -- Spin your own immortality -- Part II. Eternity when you least expect it : The eternal now -- Part III. Immortality the old-fashioned way: on the soul train : Plato, the godfather of soul -- Heaven: a landscape to die for -- Part IV. Post mortem life: postcards from the other side : Tunnel vision -- The original knock-knock joke -- Part V. Death as a lifestyle choice : Beating death to the punch line -- Part VI. Biotechnology: stop the presses! : Immortality through not dying -- Part VII. The end : The end.

Summary:

Explores death and the afterlife from lighthearted philosophical, theological, and psychological perspectives that consider that death may not be such a pessimism-inducing state.

ISBN:

0143118250 (pbk.)
9780143118251 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)515457463

Locations:

I6OX771 -- Mercy College Library (Des Moines)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)