How Long to Read Gagging on Profundity - a Collection of Philosophical Humor

How Long Does it Take to Read Gagging on Profundity - a Collection of Philosophical Humor?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 13 minutes to read Gagging on Profundity - a Collection of Philosophical Humor by Patrick J. J. Phillips

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Description

"Humour of the philosophical pedigree can 'bring us up short', break us out of our commonplace acceptance, our slumber dogmatic, and require us to reassess what we thought we knew, or ask questions about that which had previously lain fallow in our thinking. Humour may awaken the 'sleeping metaphors' that all of us live by...." "The philosopher Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845) identified the salutary effect of humour on the human character ... he comments, 'A man might sit down systematically, and successfully, to the study of wit as he might to the study of mathematics ... by giving up only six hours a day to being witty, he should come on prodigiously before midsummer.'" The book contains over 300 entries from humourists, economists, scientists, psychologists and novelists on topics which include: reality, meaning, language, morality, politics, knowledge and truth. Also: a sampling of conventional philosophical humour from many different countries and traditions....

How long is Gagging on Profundity - a Collection of Philosophical Humor?

Gagging on Profundity - a Collection of Philosophical Humor by Patrick J. J. Phillips is 73 pages long, and a total of 18,469 words.

This makes it 25% the length of the average book. It also has 23% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gagging on Profundity - a Collection of Philosophical Humor Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 40 minutes to read Gagging on Profundity - a Collection of Philosophical Humor aloud.

What Reading Level is Gagging on Profundity - a Collection of Philosophical Humor?

Gagging on Profundity - a Collection of Philosophical Humor is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

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