Rolling Over
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It would appear that there are people whom haven't yet read my blog. For I am unwilling to accept that my thoughts are not intelligent, but honestly can anyone have thought them all before?
Given that Johann Wolfgang von Goethe lived from 1749 to 1832, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Many people thought they already knew it all way back then. And I'll not argue too much with him, at least he didn't say that there's nothing left to invent.
Besides, arguing with him would be rather silly. It's hard to win against someone that won't talk back.
Still, how can all intelligent thoughts have already been thunk? There are so many things we haven't considered, so many places our minds have yet to go. So many things we cannot imagine or dream of. There are so many thoughts left unknown and ideas unpercieved.
But then again, who's to say that any of these are truly intelligent thoughts? Who's to say the only intelligent thought wasn't concieved millenia ago, thought again and again as the years pass by.
"Zzz.. Ungh.. Just five more minutes, mom."
posted by Silik at 11:31 AM
2 Comments:
You're crazy. I'm currently the repository of all the world's knowledge and wisdom, and I can promise you that "five more minutes, mom" does not even rank. No, the truly most intelligent thing ever said was actually "huh... What's that really big thing moving toward me really fast?"
Of course "five more minutes, mom" doesn't rank. It really needs the "Zzz.. Ungh.." part to truly be intelligent.
You do know, don't you, that intelligence and wisdom aren't really the same thing..
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