Summary of Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein's Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...

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#1 The meaning of life is a slippery subject. There are questions beyond scientific observation that are called metaphysics. The telos of human life is happiness, but it’s not everybody’s cup of tea.

#2 The structure of reality is slippery. Some philosophers draw a distinction between essential and accidental properties. The way Aristotle put it is that essential properties are those without which a thing wouldn’t be what it is, and accidental properties are those that determine how a thing is, but not what it is.

#3 The meaning of life is slippery. The structure of reality is slippery. Some philosophers draw a distinction between essential and accidental properties.

#4 The structure of reality is slippery. Some philosophers draw a distinction between essential and accidental properties. The meaning of life is slippery.

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