{"id":197,"date":"2015-09-02T14:47:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T13:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalwelfaresolutions.net\/blog\/?p=197"},"modified":"2015-09-20T15:16:32","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T14:16:32","slug":"philosophy-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalwelfaresolutions.net\/blog\/philosophy-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;God is dead&#8217;<br \/>\nNietzsche said.<br \/>\nNothing has been less true.<br \/>\nNow philosophy is dead too.<br \/>\nThe love of wisdom has gone,<br \/>\nif ever there was one<br \/>\nunder the sun.<\/p>\n<p>The internet promised transparency<br \/>\nbut now lost its valency.<br \/>\nThe truth is mostly not desirable<br \/>\nand truth-tellers are hireable.<br \/>\nScience should know<br \/>\nand philosophy show<br \/>\nthe full truth in one blow.<\/p>\n<p>Market forces are in control<br \/>\nand window-dressing is standing tall.<br \/>\nThe truth is of secondary importance,<br \/>\na matter of idle romance.<br \/>\nMoney makes the world go round.<br \/>\nMoney makes a pleasant sound.<br \/>\nMoney has buried philosophy in the ground.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KD5HFJG\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KD5HFJG&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=a0d20976-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B00KD5HFJG&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=a0d20976-20\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=a0d20976-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KD5HFJG\" alt=\"God is not dead\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0062006487\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0062006487&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=a0d20976-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0062006487&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=a0d20976-20\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=a0d20976-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0062006487\" alt=\"Truth about money\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;God is dead&#8217; Nietzsche said. 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