Poor ol' Pyrrho, he's the hero <br />Of my somber poetry: <br />Couldn't figure how to pick your <br />Core beliefs with certainty. <br /> <br />Bold Descartes, he got the party <br />Started with his Cogito. <br />Up popped Pyrrho (what a zero!) , <br />Said to think is not to know. <br /> <br />Next, John Locke, he tried his luck; he <br />Claimed true knowledge must appear <br />By consensus of the senses, <br />But just how, he wasn't clear. <br /> <br />David Hume, an ornery human, <br />Stripped Sir Science of support. <br />Just one reason he could seize on: <br />Custom is our sheer resort. <br /> <br />Kant, the strange one, said, now hang on; <br />For what's really real don't fuss: <br />Be content to just consent to <br />What our minds make real to us. <br /> <br />Lastly, Hegel scored a bagel <br />With his dialectic ways: <br />Synthesizing's just surmising <br />When you have no solid base. <br /> <br />Oh, bewail their learned failure <br />To make absolutely sure <br />Of the theories man can fear he's <br />Welcomed with a false allure! <br /> <br />As for poor ol' Pyrrho's moral, <br />Which I think we should applaud: <br />Don't be blurtin' that you're certain— <br />You are just a man, not God.<br /><br />Edward A. Morris<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ode-to-the-failure-of-modern-philosophy-to-defeat-skepticism/
