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I Write … Therefore I Think … Therefore … I Am … Doubtful

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“I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.” Famous words, attributed to Socrates, a prototypical
thinker. But I doubt even them … in a world, so fraught … with delusions … ‘logical’.

And so to mitigate against a wintry writer’s block, I counter the slowing of arterial circulation
with ‘current events,’ a ‘fireplace,’ and copious amounts … of ‘liquid … intervention’.

And so, methinks that since I write, I know (I think) … that I am … doubtful.
Doubtful indeed, am I; but it doesn’t keep me from being … hopeful.

On Doubt, Reality and a Wintry … Writer’s Block

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Time is money it is popularly said. Verily, both may be characterized as commodities;
but only time, between the two, is … perhaps … everlastingly real … (maybe).

“I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am.” Famously uttered by Socrates, a prototypical
thinker … but I doubt even that in a world, so fraught … with delusions … ‘logical’.

And so to mitigate against a wintry writer’s block, I counter the slowing of arterial circulation
with ‘current events’ … a ‘fireplace’ … and copious amounts of ‘liquid … intervention’.

PLATO: “Only the dead have seen the end of war.”

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Plato, eminent student of Socrates and learned teacher of Aristotle, once said,
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” … Enough … said.

The so-called Socratic paradox: “I know one thing: that I know nothing”
contrasts with talking heads … who seemingly know … everything.

I may be mistaken in my impression that pithy quotes such as the foregoing, in 
surreal nonfiction … take no part … in today’s formal education.

And as I wholeheartedly agree with Plato and Socrates in their assertions,
that is why I’ve written AN ATLAS POETIC … in this nonfiction.