"The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits." G.K. Chesterton

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Phenomenology of Non-existence

Whenever asked to explain the key idea underlying his latest masterpiece 'Phenomenology of Non-existence', Joseph would often make use of an enigmatic Gedankenübung (thought-exercise). He'd invite the typical inquisitive offtologist, or the occasional ontologist, as the case may be, to consider how seriously they take themselves. That it was always too much, Joseph explained, was the first step to understanding the main themes covered in his work.

Saturday, June 2, 2018

I'm not saying that.

As I was having some sour grapes (that's not to say that all grapes are sour, or that I don't eat other fruit, or that I only eat fruit), sitting on my couch and watching a world-class tennis match on TV (which is not to say that I only sit on my couch---it's perfectly good for laying down on as well; nor is it to say that I only eat fruit whilst sitting---there's nothing wrong with eating fruit whilst standing up, for example; nor am I saying that the only sport I watch is tennis, or that I never watch sports directly and live at their designated venues) the power went out. It probably wasn't a good match anyway.