Nailing a Philosopher by god must an atheist
Nary a task gets completed ever
To prove he was wrong, the philosopher.
For proof is slippery. If he is clever,
He escapes logic, thought, and touchy feeler.
A philosopher's job is never ever done
And least of all not, when he's already gone.
Reality alone is hard to defend as true.
Theory makes no sense?? Chill, dude, that's cool.
Arrogance, haughtiness, upmanship rides.
Sometimes you write posts, into the night.
Sweating out arguments, starting a fight,
Emotions swept up, one gets undignified.
But never mind the name calling, the mud-slinging, the strife,
It is good brain flexing, and gives one a mighty appetite.
Some lose weight, or face, or get outright banned,
But we bounce back, and argue on, as if nothing has happened.
Nobody! Nobody gets convinced
Of the opposing view,
Yet we press on, and nothing
Stops us from stating a point.
We do our part
'Till death does us part.
We endure hatred, laughter, ridicule
To gain ground, if only miniscule.
Ship of fools
Ship of philosophers
We all have mental agendas,
In vino, veritas!!
To prove he was wrong, the philosopher.
For proof is slippery. If he is clever,
He escapes logic, thought, and touchy feeler.
A philosopher's job is never ever done
And least of all not, when he's already gone.
Reality alone is hard to defend as true.
Theory makes no sense?? Chill, dude, that's cool.
Arrogance, haughtiness, upmanship rides.
Sometimes you write posts, into the night.
Sweating out arguments, starting a fight,
Emotions swept up, one gets undignified.
But never mind the name calling, the mud-slinging, the strife,
It is good brain flexing, and gives one a mighty appetite.
Some lose weight, or face, or get outright banned,
But we bounce back, and argue on, as if nothing has happened.
Nobody! Nobody gets convinced
Of the opposing view,
Yet we press on, and nothing
Stops us from stating a point.
We do our part
'Till death does us part.
We endure hatred, laughter, ridicule
To gain ground, if only miniscule.
Ship of fools
Ship of philosophers
We all have mental agendas,
In vino, veritas!!
Comments (10)
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:yikes:
True. It's a place full of danger. Who knows what lurks...
Quoting god must be atheist
Agree.
Quoting Janus
Exactly. Written for the sheer hell and fun of it.
Some of it works, some of it true, but elsewhere... slippery like a jellyfish.
It's OK.
Did you know that a group of jellyfish is called a "smack" or a "smuck"...not a snack. Unless...
Apart from the ideas, I think that the poem is well written and structured. I think that the use of rhyme works well in capturing the ideas in the format of a poem.
Excellent points with high degree of empathy.
I think the title says it all.
Nailing a [s]philosopher.[/s] Philosopher. Capital 'P'.
Is it about trying to pin down the meaning of a philosophical claim.
All the better to understand a particular point, a new way of thinking, or plain pedantry?
Or destroying an argument just because you can. Using slippery sleight of hand?
To nail a poster to the cross.
Quoting Caldwell
I like this. People still arguing the toss about Socrates.
Clever Plato and his plays.
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Quoting Caldwell
I like the contrast with this:
Quoting Caldwell
Almost a love/hate relationship.
Hot then cool.
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Quoting Caldwell
I disagree.
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Quoting Caldwell
'Till death do us part. Like Socrates?
But no small movement.
He rocked.
The ground moved, the soil improved.
Philosophy grew. Solid.
But no real answers.
That's the point.
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For the Love of...what, exactly? Wisdom?
Quoting Caldwell
Hah. Cue Shoutbox.
Glad I returned to this.
It's very clever and I think I know who wrote it.
Too early to say?
I'll drink to that! :party: :yum:
~Sisyphus versus the Stupified!