FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (1844-1900)

“God is dead,” said Herr Nietzsche, “He’s toast.

He’s no more than an axed talk show host.

Though he sports a white beard,

And makes Christians afeard,

He's as dead as an ex-parrot's ghost."

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (1844-1900)

“Thank God for eternal recurrence,

For endings I have an abhurrence.

I just love Groundhog Day,

When it’s done, press Replay,

Thank God for eternal recurrence."

WILLIAM JAMES (1842-1910)

“’Twould be good to succeed in my aims,

I don’t want all my plans up in flames.

To stem inhibition

I’ll jumpstart my mission:

I have will to believe," says Bill James.

KARL MARX (1818-1883)

There once was a man named Karl Marx

Who liked writing in quaint English parks.

When the dirt poor rebelled,

They were gunned down and felled,

So smart Karl just refined his remarks.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD (1813-1855)

“Life’s a great struggle,” says Kierkegaard,

“Why not complain when your days-are-hard.

But the pain I’ll relieve

If I choose to believe:

That's the way out of a life-that's-scarred."

JOHN STUART MILL (1806-1873)

“The best pleasure’s for experts to judge,

It’s the one from which they will not budge.

Spreading virtue’s a treat,

And philosophy’s neat,

But there's nothing that beats chocolate fudge."