{"product_id":"louis-c-k-and-philosophy-you-dont-get-to-be-bored-paperback","title":"Louis C.K. and Philosophy: You Don't Get to Be Bored - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Ralkowski\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlie Rose has called Louis C.K. \"the philosopher-king of comedy,\" and many have detected philosophical profundity in his material. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eC.K.'s insistence that \"things that are not can't be\" points to the philosophical problem of nothingness in relation to being. His religion is \"apathetic agnostic,\" conveyed in his thought experiment that God began work in 1982. Louis's argument that you can have the kind of body you want if you make yourself want a disgusting, shitty body, is the Stoic ethics of Epictetus. And, as C.K. has shown in so many ways, the fact that we're soon going to die has its funny side. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Ralkowski\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of philosophy and honors at The George Washington University. He is author of \u003ci\u003ePlato's Trial of Athens\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) \u003ci\u003eHeidegger's Platonism\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and editor of \u003ci\u003eCurb Your Enthusiasm and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eTime and Death: Heidegger's Analysis of Finitude\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). He lives in Takoma Park, MD. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52638278320435,"sku":"9780812699067","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TGVuZUJiU2l3d2hTa1p3Tmw1K1c1Zz09.webp?v=1762315121","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/louis-c-k-and-philosophy-you-dont-get-to-be-bored-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}