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 humor essay by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, published by Editorial Planeta in hardcover.

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

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

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