Filosofie de duzina si poante slabe. O supa lunga si neclara de filosofie, stiinta, viata (sau moarte) de zi cu zi. Cea mai slaba dintre cartile celor doi aparute pana acum - am ras o sigura data spre sfarsitul cartii.Numele lui Grucho Marx de pe coperta e supralicitat: are doua vorbe de duh in carte. Una v-o spun eu (SPOILER!!) "De ce ar trebui sa-mi pese de posteritate? Ce a facut posteritatea pentru mine?", cealalta e mai slaba. This is one more in a series of light-hearted but useful romps through some issues of philosophy. Of the three I've read so far, this one is the most serious. All of the books have helped clarify who my "favorites" are (Kirkegaard, William James, and Paul Tillich remain high on my list). This one closes with a shout out to James that captures my feelings toward the study of philosophy in general, and so I'll share it:"But there's this one guy who stands out from the pack, an American philosopher from a hundred years ago names William James. He said a couple of things that hit the old coffin nail right on the head. Like he said philosophers aren't a whole lot different from you and me when it comes to how they arrive at their beliefs about the meaning of it all. He said all of us get our answers to the big questions sort of by intuition. He called it our 'dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means' -- and he didn't mean 'dumb' as a put-down, either. Whether we're professional philosophers or just ordinary schlubs like Freddy and me, we mostly rely on our gut for our sense of what it's all about. James said we all have our own way of 'just sensing and feeling the total push and pressure of the cosmos.'"
Had to read this after hearing about it on NPR, and it was fun, but not as good as I expected.
—lhenderson
a very satirical and hilarious tongue in cheek book. I actually read a non-fiction book!
—mahc
More entertaining than educational. But it was entertaining. A light, fun read.
—Kate
Some good jokes, some good overviews of philosophies of death. Audio.
—aworla
funny, absurd, ludicrous, humorous
—teenydebater
