Paolo Bolzoni

GAVDIVM PHILOSOPHIAE - The joy of philosophy ESNE CVPIDVS COGNITIONIS? - Are you eager for knowledge? Then, philosophy is for you! Philosophy (from Greek: φιλοσοφία - φιλεῖν “to love”, and σοφία “knowledge”) is the love of wisdom. Don’t be put off. Philosophy is about the systematised study of general and fundamental questions, such as those on existence, the meaning of life, reason, knowledge, values, religion, logic, politics, economics, science and maths, sociology and language. Philosophy is about life, about you. How often have you reflected on these fundamental issues? How often have you a clear stand, but you find it difficult to express it in words? The philosophers are not really different from you, it’s what they did for thousands of years, in all civilisations. Only, they have documented their thoughts (mostly) in writing. Just a few examples: monumental treaties (Aristotle, Avicenna, Kant, Hegel), dialogues (Plato, Galileo), dictionaries (Voltaire), letters and diaries (Aug

 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PAOLO © Paolo Bolzoni, 10 January 2023 I was once sitting on top of a hill next to Jesus. He was telling the parable of the chap in Downing 10 who spends his time misleading Britain. I told Jesus: “Forgive him Lord, for he is just a Conservative, he does not realise what he does and says”. Jesus turned to me and said: “You just pulled words out of my mouth. Let’s have a pint, mate”. In the pub, everyone looked and pointed at me (of course nobody knew Jesus, he was not a resident in the pub), but nobody dared to look at and speak to me. I told Jesus: “See old boy, they are Rishi’s Cabinet puppets, they just turn a blind eye and keep their mouth shut”. Amen