The Categorical Aperitif “Kant apparently lived a very strict and disciplined life; it was said that neighbors would set their clocks by his daily walks… Kant believed that his paternal grandfather Hans Kant was of Scottish origin.” Hickory dickory Kant the Philosopher, known to be useful for setting a watch, never imbibed during deontological discourses, though he was partial to Scotch. Hegelomania “Hegel’s ‘absolute’ philosophy represents an arrogant claim, not merely to the discovery of truth, but to the instantiation of it… in Hegel’s view, spirit comes to its final resting-place when he, Hegel, understands the nature of reality.”—Dialectics of Labour, by C. J. Arthur Higgledydy-piggledy, Hegel the Heavyweight read every volume on every last shelf. Though he was chock-full of knowledge, some say he was undialectically full of himself. Alex Steelsmith |