left bank philo
yesterday’s agenda to go
was to attend monthly “cafe philo”
at st. germain-des-pres 
cafe de flore, premier etage
across 
les deux magots, for a head massage
a crowd of some 40 people bantered on voted topic to provoke in-seine-nity
for 2 hours, we pontificated if study of humanities humanizes humanity
some themes that emerged
the futility of humanities knowledge submerged
if not actioned to make humans better
like nazi’s who kill during the day and listen to chopin at night, obviously humanities didn’t matter
humans are capable of being “madeleine-elephantized,” doing evil and good
no matter which society class you stood
the educated ones can be uncivilized and crude
the simpletons can be more humane without humanities to brood
methinks nature-nurture is at work
we are born with innate good conscience but nurture shapes our values quirk
we can propound aristotle, science is an art, and rudolf steiner what’s-humanities-worth
methinks a mind is a beautiful thing to waste if wrongly pavlov’d
socrates found hemlock his eternal mirth
einstein spotted on rue seine
so, how do you want your vision framed?
