Philosophically Speaking.

 

Today's Tids Issue 5,197

Some things just make sense:  

 

 

René Descartes in the morning: “I think, therefore I am.” 

René Descartes in the afternoon: “I think, therefore I pm.” 

 

Somewhere in this house of mine I know there is a pair of glasses in plain sight waiting to be found. Chances are they are hiding under a pile of those missing socks. 

 

Did you notice that on the NBC Nightly News last night there was not a single mention of Ukraine? Will the short attention span of humans push that tragedy inyto the heap of lost and unfinished stories? too. The stories that are never finished are like the glasses we know are there are never found. Ten tragedy is still as painful. It's the old forest for the trees thing. 

 

The Question: 

Dig back into your minds and see if you can name teh ten all time greatest Philosophers. 

 

The Headlines: 

--Markets Expected To Open Higher. 

--House GOP Disappointed With Senate Bi-Partisan Gun Deal 

--A New Poll In Early Primary State New Hampshire Has DeSantis Ahead of Trump 39-37%. 

--Gavin Newsome Considered Top Dem To Replace Biden If Prez Fails To Run In 2024. 

--Russia Says Trade With India, China Increasing; Russia Now Taking Aim On Ukraine Grain Terminals. 

--Tidsters Second Great Grandchild, A Girl, Arrived Last Evening At 8:13 

 

A horse walks into a bar. The bartender says "You are in here a lot, do you think you have a drinking problem?" The horse says, "I don't think so," then disappears into nothing. This is the point in time when all the philosophy students in the audience begin to giggle, as they are familiar with the philosophical proposition of Cogito ergo sum, or I think, therefore, I am. The classic philosophy put forward by René Descartes. But to explain the concept aforehand would be putting Descartes before the horse. 

 

The wild wild west can’t compare to today’s rampages in the streets. 

 

Plato had a foot fetish. 

 

Tonight is the NBA draft. My Celts don’t have a pick until #58. Maybe we’ll find a surprise. Interestingly, Duke could have five players chosen in the first round. How come that school with so many great players and the most acclaimed coache didn’t win it all? It’s because these were the highest rated High School Players a year ago and they are still kids. Yet still kids with a lot of potential. 

 

I think Spell-Check needs some help from a good philosopher. 

 

Adam Smith and Rene Descartes walk into a bar... 

The bartender asks Smith if he wants a martini; he says "I think so." The bartender then asks Descartes if he'd like a martini as well, and Descartes says "I think not"... 

...and then he disappeared. 

 

RI has been historically ranked from 48 to 50 as the state least kindly to business. Nellie Gorbea is Our Secretary of State now and is running for Governor. Yesterday she announced her program which were basically all about taxing businesses. Even all of her Dem opponents thought she a had lost it. But this is the Union owned state and she must be getting some good contributions from organizations to keep the lethargy going. The idea that big brother union will protect you and you don’t have to be better than anybody else. 

 

Someone asked me to name a greater philosopher than Nietzsche. 

I. Kant 

 

The Government can make Demands of airlines, but if. there are no pilots, airplanes can’t fly. Philosophy 101. 

 

Norman Chompsky couldn’t stop eating. 

 

The Answer: 

#10 is John Locke. Going up to One we have a in order Epicurus, Zeno of Citium, Avicenna, Thomas Aquinas, Confucius, Rene Descartes, Augustine of Hippo, Plato and #1, Aristotle. Think about it,  

 

My new Neighbour asked what I did for a living, and I told her that I'm an existentialist philosopher... Her: "So what does that mean, you just sit around thinking about being all day?" Me: "No, some days I also think about nothing." 

 

That’s what you got today. Nothing. But think about it. There's always something in there somewhere. Maybe you’ll find my glasses.