Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. End of. (Not true, of course. But I thought it might seem more convincing if I stuck "End of" on the end.)https://twitter.com/RKDasgupta/status/1144744776853544961 …
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Philosophy would certainly be improved by the liberal use of "End of". Existence precedes essence. End of. (Sartre) There is something that it is like to be a bat. End of. (Nagel) Act only so that the maxim of your action can be willed as a universal law. End of. (Kant)
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Cogito ergo sum. End of. (Descartes) Man is a fatherless biped. End of. (Plato)
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Technically speaking, Plato probably said "featherless"... but I feel the "End of" has clinched it for your version!
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Well, it's set in stone now, given the finality of that "end of" phrase. So even if I made an apparent error, it must now be accepted as truth. We will just have to deal with it.
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We will. And if anybody dares to object, then off with their heads (or alternatively we'll get 'em fired). This has been a productive 30 minutes work.
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