on aphorism and other short-cuts
“Stump speeches in search of recorders…” The recorder would make us permanent (we think), and thus unwise.
Wonderful stuff here all through.
Didn’t we once have a sort parlor game where we’d sum up philosophers with single lines? William James: What you don’t know won’t hurt you. David Hume: Sh*t happens. Plato: The grass is always greener on the other side of life.
“Stump speeches in search of recorders…” The recorder would make us permanent (we think), and thus unwise.
Wonderful stuff here all through.
Didn’t we once have a sort parlor game where we’d sum up philosophers with single lines? William James: What you don’t know won’t hurt you. David Hume: Sh*t happens. Plato: The grass is always greener on the other side of life.