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Philosophy on the Go (Bathroom Professor) [Paperback]

Joey Green (Author)
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Bathroom Professor April 3, 2007
We may be a society perpetually on-the-go, but we’ve still got a little downtime when we go. In just a few short sittings, The Bathroom Professor(TM) series helps make any reader a scintillating cocktail party guest, successful game show contestant, or basic, well-rounded person. This debut title, Philosophy on the Go, introduces all the great philosophers through the ages, from Socrates to Sartre. Wildly entertaining, the fun and informative lessons delve into the philosophies of ancient and moderns alike, and confirm once and for all that Kierkegaard is not a brand of deodorant. Always wanted to brush up your knowledge on life’s biggest philosophical questions? You’re just a few rest stops away from having all the answers.


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Joey Green is the best-selling author of more than thirty books, including Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose, Paint Your House With Powdered Milk, and Joey Green’s Magic Brands. Previously known as “The Pantry Professor,” he has been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and People magazine for his genius at finding offbeat uses for household products. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Running Press (April 3, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0762428589
  • ISBN-13: 978-0762428588
  • Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,261,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Joey Green--author of "Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose," "Paint Your House with Powdered Milk," "Wash Your Hair with Whipped Cream," and "Clean Your Clothes with Cheez Whiz"--got Jay Leno to shave with peanut butter on "The Tonight Show," Rosie O'Donnell to mousse her hair with Jell-O on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," and Katie Couric to drop her diamond engagement ring in a glass of Efferdent on "Today." He has been seen polishing furniture with SPAM on "NBC Dateline," cleaning a toilet with Coca-Cola in "The New York Times," and washing his hair with Reddi-wip in "People."

A former contributing editor to "National Lampoon" and a former advertising copywriter at J. Walter Thompson, Green is the author of more than forty books, including "Sarah Palin's Secret Diary," "Marx & Lennon: The Parallel Sayings," and "The Zen of Oz: Ten Spiritual Lessons from Over the Rainbow." A native of Miami, Florida, and a graduate of Cornell University, he wrote television commercials for Burger King and Walt Disney World and won a Clio Award for a print ad he created for Eastman Kodak. He backpacked around the world for two years on his honeymoon and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Debbie, and their two daughters, Ashley and Julia.

You can visit him at www.joeygreen.com and www.wackyuses.com


 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Philosophy for the Imaptient, February 17, 2011
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Philosophy has a reputation for being obscure, highfaluting, and not terribly practical or useful. However, if one is not easily dismayed by these misconceptions then it's possible to learn a lot about the world and our conceptions of it from studying some of the most interesting philosophical questions. Unfortunately many people don't have much time to go even over some of the very short introductory books on philosophy, or are dismayed by the more challenging presentations that turn them away from this fascinating discipline.

This is a very short and very to-the-point book on Philosophy for people who want absolute essentials without wasting almost any time on delving deeper into the subject. The book presents some of the most famous philosophers of all time as well as their signature ideas - Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and many others. Some of the explanations are a paragraph or two long, while many are reduced to terse single sentences. These could very well been used as Twitter updates. The book also tries to explain some deep questions in a humorous way. May favorite is the "Nagging Question #2" - Is the glass half full or half empty? There are numerous answers to this question put in the mouths of many famous philosophers. As someone who is familiar with the essential philosophical ideas behind these answers, I couldn't help but chuckle at an original way that they have been presented. It made me rethink those ideas.

If you are interested in reading this book as a substitute for even the most elementary philosophy textbook, then you may be disappointed with the depth of the insights and the breadth of information. However, this is not what this book is meant to be, and as an amusing and instructive way of getting your feet wet with philosophy it gets the job done well enough.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Terse and Funny but incomplete, November 12, 2010
This short book contains some serious knowledge, compactly organized and told with a much too tongue-and-cheek flair.

It a addresses many of the fundamental questions of philosophy in an easy to understand but serious way. Yet, it seems to have unnecessarily steered away from (or made much too light of) the more controversial aspects of philosophy -- such as proof (or disproof) of the existence of God. There are many neat, short and revealing proofs (and disproofs) that should have been included.

The good news is that each of the great traditional philosopher's philosophy is summarized in an easy to understand plate, followed by a list of their most famous quotes (i.e. for Plato: "Know thy self;" and for Aristotle: "I think therefore I am, etc.). The books biggest weakness, however, is that except for a brief excursion into Nietzsche and Kierkegaarde, it ignores the continental philosophers and their philosophies, in favor of becoming repetitious about the more traditional ones. Had it even mentioned European philosophers, the book could have easily merited at least another star. Two stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great, August 5, 2010
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Philosophy is a favorite past time of mine. I've got tons of material on philosophy, books about authors, books by different authors, so i'm quite rehearsed in the topic. However, this is an amusing little book when I just want to read some wise sayings and witty quotes. It's written in an amusing style as well. I highly recommend it.
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Francis Bacon, Immanuel Kant, René Descartes, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, John Locke, Benedict Spinoza, George Berkeley, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, John Stuart Mill, Jean-Paul Sartre, Thomas Aquinas, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, William James, Antelope Freeway, Arthur Schopenhauer, Herbert Spencer, John Dewey, Galileo Galilei, Johann Friedrich Herbart, Albert Camus, The Stoics, Tullius Cicero
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