[lit-ideas] Sweet Jesus [Happy Birthday]
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:39:48 +0000 (GMT)
There once was a philosopher Grice
Who when asked did he think H.P. nice?
Replied, "I'm not sure
Of your saucy implicature -
I'll get back to you when I've thought twice."
There once was a philosopher Hart
Who considered John Austin a fart
"Well suggesting, of course,
That law's just commands backed by force
Gives all Nazis a massive headstart."
There once was a philosopher Ryle
Who rarely read Descartes with a smile
"If you'd never ever seen,
A ghost in a f-king machine,
You too would find Rene a trial."
There once was a philosopher Ayer
Who believed there was no sense in prayer
But a near-death episode
Caused his thoughts to implode
Verifying there was something up there.
There once was a philosopher Dummett
Who lit up logic like Frege's Comet
Otherwise straight as an arrow
His flirtation with Tarot
Induced both pre- and post-Tridentinist vomit.
Donal
Stalled on Strawson
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