[b]Jan Mieszkowski
New Year’s Resolutions should be
Kant: categorical and imperative
Schelling: an exercise in self-abnegation
Beckett: mocked out of existence
Camus: a good excuse to smoke[/b]
All of the above, right?
I asked the class what Walter Benjamin means when he says that capitalism is a religion. A student answered with one word: Christmas.
And, now, 365 days a year. Or, next year, 366.
All I want for Christmas is
Leibniz: a perfectly rational language
Hegel: a perfectly determinate negation
Marx: a perfectly dynamic model of labor
Nietzsche: a perfectly good excuse to ignore you clowns
Next up: All we want for next Christmas.
Ancient philosophy: Is this the real world or shadows on a cave wall?
Enlightenment philosophy: Am I awake or am I dreaming?
Modern philosophy: 'Pics or it didn’t happen.
And, even then, only on Twittter.
[b]Holiday Values
- Peace
- Joy
- Goodwill toward all
Holiday Realities
- Social anxiety
- Financial anxiety
- Anxiety anxiety[/b]
You know, under capitalism.
Nothing says “Happy Holidays!” like philosopher socks.