Philosophy 101 - The Chair That Doesn’t Exist

An eccentric philosophy professor gave a one question final exam after a semester dealing with a broad array of topics. The class was already seated and ready to go when the professor picked up his chair, plopped it on his desk and wrote on the board: “Using everything we have learned this semester, prove that this chair does not exist.” Fingers flew, erasers erased, notebooks were filled in furious fashion. Some students wrote over 30 pages in one hour attempting to refute the existence of the chair. One member of the class however, was up and finished in less than a minute. Weeks later when the grades were posted, the rest of the group wondered how he could have gotten an A when he had barely written anything at all. His answer consisted of two words: “What chair?” How to get good grades in  College QuotaBills Reclimbing chair - Archie Bunker Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy. - Thomas Hobbes Paddy O Furniture: Irish lawn chairs - Daffynitions joe-ks.com WYMI - the all-philosophy radio station. - Mike Dugan History is philosophy teaching by example. - Dionysius Theoretical physics is actually philosophy. - Max Born Our philosophy is that we care about people first. - Mark Zuckerberg America is so advanced that even the chairs are electric. - Doug Hamwell I am not into working out. My philosophy: no pain, no pain. - Carol Leifer If you stand up and be counted, someone will take your seat. - Unknown We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. - Martin L. Gross The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart. - William Hazlitt Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. - Margaret Thatcher Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. - Ambrose Bierce Academe: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught - Daffynitions joe-ks.com I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time. - Charles Schulz A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world. - Louis Pasteur Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious. - Ruth Reichl It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly. - Isaac Asimov Committee work is like a soft chair - easy to get into but hard to get out of. - Kenneth J Shively Philosophy may teach us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of our neighbors. - Oscar Wilde If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. - Sheryl Sandberg "I have done my best." That is about all the philosophy of living one needs. - Lin Yutang There's no one way to dance. And that's kind of my philosophy about everything. - Ellen Degeneres It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs. - W S Gilbert My uncle's dying wish was to have me sitting in his lap; he was in the electric chair. - Rodney Dangerfield The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy. - Peter Lynch University: 1. A college with a stadium seating more than sixty thousand; 2. A mental institution. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com Worry is like a rocking chair. It will give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere. - Unknown Chair pose is a defiance of spirit, showing how high you can reach even when you're forced down. - Unknown I wanted to do something nice so I bought my mother-in-law a chair. Now they won't let me plug it in. - Henny Youngman America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair. - Arnold Toynbee A university is an institution that has two thousand seats in the classrooms and eighty thousand in the stadium. - Unknown Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewellery. - John Lennon My husband wanted one of those big-screen TVs for his birthday. So I just moved his chair closer to the one we have already. - Wendy Liebman The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. - Epictetus My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate - that's my philosophy. - Thornton Wilder Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. - Winston Churchill Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. - C S Lewis Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments. - Isaac Asimov Arm Chair Artistic Chair CD Chair Chair Boy Chair Folders Chair Man Mao Chair Master Chair Ruler Chair Skiing - Redneck Water Sport Cushion Chair Shoes Every Man’s Philosophy Evolution and Philosophy Grill Chair Lawn Chair Pilot Musical Rocking Chair My Chair Nail Chair Philosofacts Philosophers On Wives Reading Chair Redneck Backyard Chair Redneck Chair Potty Rock-In Chair Russian High Chair Construction Sheep Chair Shopping Cart Chair Texas Rocking Chair Wine Glass Chair Winter Chair   Mouthful Of Information Happy Face Sandwich Senior Eye Exam Chubby Free Pirrows Young Rock Star Restored Beauty Powerplant Swimsuit Models Watermelon Cake Sharkini Julyed Filet Minion Better Singer Texas Basketball Grow Food, Not Lawns Nut Salesman Long Yellow Things Ants Know When Something Is Fake Think Outside Despicable Wood Stove

02-Jul-2022