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Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing

By William Irwin

Book information

Publisher
Open Court
Year
1999
ISBN
9780812696950, 0812696956
Google Books ID
Acw7hXWcXXEC
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
856 kB (876392 bytes)
Pages
224\0
Time added
2024-05-31 15:27:27

Description

Designed for philosophers as well as readers with no particular philosophical background, the essays in this lively book are grouped into four amusing acts. Act One looks at the four Seinfeld characters through a philosophical lens and includes Jerry and Socrates: The Examined Life? Act Two examines historical philosophers from a Seinfeldian standpoint and offers Plato or Nietzsche? Time, Essence, and Eternal Recurrence in Seinfeld. Act Three, Untimely Meditations by the Water Cooler, explores philosophical issues raised by the show, such as, Is it rational for George to do the opposite? And Act Four, Is There Anything Wrong with That?, discusses ethical problems of everyday life using Seinfeld as a basis. Seinfeld and Philosophy also provides a guide to Seinfeld episodes and a chronological list of the philosophers cited in this book.

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