From the vault

— This Jerry Springer Show on Philosophy hasn’t made it to the tapes yet: Tina: Louis … I’ve loved you for a long time … Louis: I love you, too, Tina. Tina: Louis, you know I agree with you that existence precedes essence, but … well, I just want to tell you I’ve been reading … Continue reading “From the vault”

— This Jerry Springer Show on Philosophy hasn’t made it to the tapes yet:

Tina: Louis … I’ve loved you for a long time …

Louis: I love you, too, Tina.

Tina: Louis, you know I agree with you that existence precedes essence, but … well, I just want to tell you I’ve been reading Nietzsche lately, and I don’t think I can agree with your egalitarian politics any more.

Crowd: Wooooo! Woooooo!

Louis: [shocked and disbelieving] Tina, this is crazy. You know that Sartre clarified all this way back in the 40s.

Tina: But he didn’t take into account Nietzsche’s radical critique of democratic morality, Louis. I’m sorry. I can’t ignore the contradiction any longer!

Louis: You got these ideas from Victor, didn’t you? Didn’t you?

Link courtesy of the essential Ms. Harris, for the enjoyment of Peter (Ubermensch) Pribik.

2 thoughts on “From the vault”

  1. Damnit Richard,

    why is it that you’re so good at that highest of rhetorical skills – the benign mockery of an uncle towards a child?

    Peter

    Yes, the pictures are comin’…

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