Tuesday, February 16, 2010

On the Question of Being

An earnest young freshman: "We can know what something is without it actually existing. We know what a vampire is -- but vampires don't exist. Edward Cullen doesn't exist."
Equally earnest philosophy professor: "What?"

In similar news, seminar class this evening yielded a fruitful debate on the merits of Viennese vs. Turkish coffee.

3 comments:

  1. This made my heart feel full of light and joy, chocolate and jelly beans, music and laughter, sunsunsets and snowfalls, poetry and Avatar,& Pemberley and dancing. :)
    *hugs Portia*

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  2. That's the loudest laugh I've EVER heard in philosophy class. ;)

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