aristotle with a greek salad
aristotle went to the agora
said when you want to do a thing
you show how expedient it is
this argument usually
carries the day because everybody
wants to do something expedient
but later when the action
aristotle said picking up a radish
[I don’t think they had forks
not in those old days]
has to be justified
then you show that it was moral
so here we are in iraq
can we say this is expedient
or is it moral
or is it expediently moral
or morally expedient
vinegar and oil
oil and vinegar
we should be thankful
we have so many forks
© John Knoepfle 2004
This article appears in Jan 8-14, 2004.
