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Charlie Rose has called Louis C.K. ""the philosopher-king of comedy,"" and many have detected philosophical profundity in his material. Twenty-five philosophers examine the wisdom of Louis C.K. from a variety of philosophical perspectives. The chapters draw upon C.K.'s standup comedy, the show Louie, and C.K.'s other writings. One writer looks at the different meanings of C.K.'s statement, ""You're gonna be dead way longer than you were alive."" One chapter shows the affinity of C.K.'s ""sick of living this bullshit life"" with Kierkegaard's ""sickness unto death."" Another pursues Louis's thought that we may by our lack of moral concern ""live a really evil life without thinking about it.""

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Author:   Mark Ralkowski
Publisher:   Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Imprint:   Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Volume:   99
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780812699067

ISBN 10:   0812699068
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   21 April 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Mark Ralkowski is assistant professor of philosophy and honors at The George Washington University. He is author of Plato's Trial of Athens (2016) Heidegger's Platonism (2009) and editor of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Philosophy (2012) and Time and Death: Heidegger's Analysis of Finitude (2005). He lives in Takoma Park, MD.

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