Philosophy

Thought And Thinkers

by Alexander Lachlan McLintock (alexmc@biccdc.co.uk)
written 06 Sep 1994

This article is classified "Real"


Since the dawn of time, people have been wondering about their universe.
This is because they are lost and don't know how to get where they are
going.  Some of these people stopped wondering about, sat down and scratched
their beards[1] and thought.  These people are called philosophers.  The
first thing to be deduced from this is that all philosophers are male.
Certain people argue that the logic of this argument is flawed, but since
most of them are beardless females no one listens to them.  No philosophers
anyway.

Philosophers often like to argue that the universe doesn't exist but is
merely an illusion.  This is rather a problem for them because university
bursars don't like their existance doubted and often hold back imaginary
salary from professors for doing imaginary teaching in imaginary lecture
halls.

Another famous philosophical puzzle is the mind/body problem.  This
basically questions the connection between the mind and the body.  Are we
just machines?  Or do we have some soul which affects the material body? 
For further discussion of this topic see articles on alcohol and other
drugs.

Footnotes:
[1] Scratching one's beard is a common pastime for philosophers as it
removes toast crumbs left over from breakfast.

See also:
  • Art Of Being, The
  • McLintock, Alexander Lachlan
  • Life After Death
  • Insomnia
  • Grappling The Internet Puzzle

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