Platón y un ornitorrinco entran en un bar

Synopsis of Platón y un ornitorrinco entran en un bar

«Platón y un ornitorrinco entran en un bar» is the philosophy and humour essay by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, published by Editorial Planeta in hardback.

A journey through Western philosophy, from Ancient Greece to modern currents, with each idea explained through a joke. The authors show that humour and philosophical thought share a mechanism: inverting the established. Concepts such as Plato or existentialism become understandable for any reader with a sense of humour.

Subtitle on cover: «La filosofía explicada con humor». Edition with illustrated dust jacket, published on 5 March 2008.

For those who want to start in philosophy without prior knowledge and for those who enjoy intelligent humour.