Eugene Ostashevsky, p.4
THE ETHICS OF DJ SPINOZA
In a city emptied by bombs
walks DJ Spinoza
He says, I have defeated
the second argument
Man
is not a substance
Nor woman, tree
street, tower
They aren’t
self-caused
Their essence
does not imply existence
I have defeated
the second argument
I have defeated
the second argument
He walks into a bar
with the Laughing Philosopher and the Weeping Philosopher
The Laughing Philosopher can’t speak—
he’s laughing
The Weeping Philosopher can’t speak—
he’s weeping
But not DJ Spinoza
DJ Spinoza sails in a sub
named Specie Aeternitatis
early in the morning!
He speaks, I have invented
a language for depicting the real
My language consists of the one element A
for God alone
is real
The fact that I can think of him
means he exists
All other things lack this property
This is why
they vanish
because they aren’t self-caused
He is their cause, their substance
He is what they are
Therefore I shall represent them accordingly:
AAAAAAAAAAA
AAAA
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AAAAAAA
In a city emptied by bombs
walks DJ Spinoza
He says, I have defeated
the second argument
Man
is not a substance
Nor woman, tree
street, tower
They aren’t
self-caused
Their essence
does not imply existence
I have defeated
the second argument
I have defeated
the second argument
He walks into a bar
with the Laughing Philosopher and the Weeping Philosopher
The Laughing Philosopher can’t speak—
he’s laughing
The Weeping Philosopher can’t speak—
he’s weeping
But not DJ Spinoza
DJ Spinoza sails in a sub
named Specie Aeternitatis
early in the morning!
He speaks, I have invented
a language for depicting the real
My language consists of the one element A
for God alone
is real
The fact that I can think of him
means he exists
All other things lack this property
This is why
they vanish
because they aren’t self-caused
He is their cause, their substance
He is what they are
Therefore I shall represent them accordingly:
AAAAAAAAAAA
AAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAA