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Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

DIMITRI: They laughed when we said we'd write a book explaining philosophy entirely through jokes. TASSO: Well, they're not laughing now!......more

"From Leibniz’s rationalist perspective, the world simply is what it is; The joke clarifies the obvious truth that optimism and pessimism are personal attitudes that have nothing to do with Leibniz’s neutral, rational description of the world. The optimist says, “The glass is half full.” The pessimis......more

Jokes can be highly philosophical. I remember a famous comedy scene from a Malayalam movie, where a guy is bemoaning that he is ugly. He had been switched at birth: so his consolation is - "But this is not the real me: the real me is fair and handsome, living somewhere else with his foster parents........more

Là thế này, một hôm 2 anh tác giả buồn đời vì hết tiền, vào quán bar tán láo và làm li giải sầu. lúc ngà ngà, anh Tom nói với anh Dan, "anh biết triết học là gì không?" "là dùng đám ngôn từ phức tạp để nói về những điều đơn giản." "Yeap, tôi có kế hoạch kiếm tiền để dành cho về hưu đây, tham gia ko?......more