Books with title The Philosopher's Joke

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.A really intriguing short story about the lives of three couples in their forties, who are given the chance to go back through time, at the age of 20, with the knowledge of the future. What would a young person do, knowing that following his instinct would most probably lead to his wretchedness? How does one differentiate between reality and dream? How frightened is one, knowingly deciding to take the same steps in life the second time as he did the first time? And last, but not least, if you were, at 40, given a second chance to go back in time halfway through your life, would you live another way? What would you do differently?

Myself, I do not believe this story. Six persons are persuaded of its truth; and the hope of these six is to convince themselves it was an hallucination. Their difficulty is there are six of them. Each one alone perceives clearly that it never could have been. Unfortunately, they are close friends, and cannot get away from one another; and when they meet and look into each other's eyes the thing takes shape again.

The Philosopher's Joke is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

When eight-year-old Banjo comes to stay with his grandfather Jamie for a week, little does he know that their long conversations are being listened to intently by Jamie’s dog, Percy. Nor can they realise that, as a result, Percy forms his own, amazing, philosophy about truth, faith, evolution and, yes, even ‘the meaning of life’.This children’s book ‘with a difference’ takes a whole new approach to exploring the ‘big’ issues of life from a non-adult perspective. Whimsical, funny and poignant, this is a journey into understanding like no other.

When the MCFC gang find themselves all decked out in robes and standing in the middle of an ancient Greek market, they know they've once again been drawn into one of Rhetorical's mysterious stories. For Kiweenie this is a dream come true. It could be his chance to have a conversation with his hero, the philosopher Socrates. That is if he can actually work up the courage to say something to him before the great man meets his tragic fate! Can the gang do something to save Socrates? Will Kiweenie be able to do more than squeak helplessly around his idol? Is making cookies for your friends a nice thing to do? Is it really necessary for us to ask so many questions? You'll have to read the book to find out for yourself!

Myself, I do not believe this story. Six persons are persuaded of its truth; and the hope of these six is to convince themselves it was an hallucination. Their difficulty is there are six of them. Each one alone perceives clearly that it never could have been. Unfortunately, they are close friends, and cannot get away from one another; and when they meet and look into each other's eyes the thing takes shape again.

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This early work by Jerome K. Jerome was originally published in 1909 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Philosopher's Joke' is a novel about six friends who meet a philosopher who offers them a proposition not to be missed. Jerome Klapka Jerome was born in Walsall, England in 1859. Both his parents died while he was in his early teens, and he was forced to quit school to support himself. In 1889, Jerome published his most successful and bestremembered work, 'Three Men in a Boat'. Featuring himself and two of his friends encountering humorous situations while floating down the Thames in a small boat, the book was an instant success, and has never been out of print. In fact, its popularity was such that the number of registered Thames boats went up fifty percent in the year following its publication.

This early work by Jerome K. Jerome was originally published in 1909 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Philosopher's Joke' is a novel about six friends who meet a philosopher who offers them a proposition not to be missed. Jerome Klapka Jerome was born in Walsall, England in 1859. Both his parents died while he was in his early teens, and he was forced to quit school to support himself. In 1889, Jerome published his most successful and best-remembered work, 'Three Men in a Boat'. Featuring himself and two of his friends encountering humorous situations while floating down the Thames in a small boat, the book was an instant success, and has never been out of print. In fact, its popularity was such that the number of registered Thames boats went up fifty percent in the year following its publication.

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