a picture is worth a thousand german philosophers
my onkel eric took this picture at a bookstore in chicago where the philosophy section containing authors beginning with "h" were marked off with caution tape. a very helpful warning. i often lose my mawma for hours when she gets hypnotized by big tomes with "hegel" on them. it's dangerous stuff. and the others---habermas, heidegger, husserl. rubbish, all of it. the only "h" you need is a hound. more wisdom is to be found in the experience of rubbing our bellies than in your books. i can find greater meaning in the master (me) - slave (naked ape) relationship than any long-winded german. i need to compile my insights in the phenomenology of pets, a dogology of everyday experience.
and my friend mr. glenn--i believe this is a special warning for your habermas lovin' self. get while the gettin's good.
posted by wally @ 9:12 AM
3 Comments:
Why do they torment themselves by reading? All they need to do is pet me and everything is answered!
Bussie Kissies
Buster
At times like this, I think it is important to remember the truly monumental contributions of thinkers such as Hegel and Heidegger. I think Monty Python said it best in "Bruces' Philosophers Song."
"...Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar
Who could think you under the table
David Hume could out-consume
Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel."
Yeah Wally, you've got it right. The only reference h they need is a hound.
And philosophadogs rule, with no need for caution tape.
As I wrote in my Thursday, June 15, 2006 dogpost (with props to Descartes):
I eat, therefore I eat.
Chow for now,
Tin Tin xo
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