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PROMPT: Any Philosopher

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Daily writing prompt
If you could have dinner with any philosopher, who would it be?
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Diogenes the Cynic would be a hoot. Alternatively, Zhuangzi (莊子.) Obviously, my tastes run toward a philosopher that could teach me about how to be free, rather than to teach me some sort of rigorous approach to thinking. I’m stocked up on the latter, but in deficit of the former.

(I’m assuming this to be a “living or dead” question scenario. Usually, I prefer to talk to the living, but I don’t think modern academia has been good to the crazy sage philosopher. I might be able to find a Daoist hermit in a cave somewhere or maybe a Tibetan Nyönpa, but I couldn’t say what his or her name would be.)

UNITED STATES LIMERICK

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There was a philosopher from the USA
  Who was always charging into the fray.
     He’d take either side --
     Go deep or go wide --
  So long as said fray didn’t come to gunplay.

DAILY PHOTO: The Kanyakumari Thiruvalluvar

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Hannah Arendt Limerick

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The philosopher Hannah Arendt
 said, don't define us by how we make rent.
   like Dopey and Sneezy
   and George's wife "Weezy"
 one should be known for how public time is spent.

Idealist Limerick

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The philosopher known as George Berkeley
 denied the existence of all matter, curtly.
   Still, when he wanted pie,
   he wouldn't be denied,
  but made sure he ate it covertly.

Plato Clerihew, No. 2

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The sage philosopher Plato,
  drawn by many a scholar with a halo,
    broke many hearts
    by shunning the Arts.

Voltaire Clerihew

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The Enlightenment thinker called Voltaire
 beat the lottery to become a millionaire.
   To the man, he did stick it,
    by buying every ticket.

Nietzsche Clerihew

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The German philosopher Nietzsche
 pronounced his name using a schwa.
   that rhyme 's not perfected,
   but closer than expected.

Conflicted Botanist Limerick

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There once was a Philosopher-Botanist
who, on his jobs, had been an optimist.
But he bred seedless fruits,
and came to feel in cahoots
with purpose-denying nihilist dogmatists.

Metaphysical Limerick

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A drunken old idealist philosopher
got pulled over by a "pos'lif ossifer."
"Oh, can't you see,
my true self 's a tree,
and you can't justly jail a conifer!"