Aristotle

Aristotle, vibes are what people say when the argument has no skeleton.

Plato, from you that is rich. Your ideas spent half their time hovering.

Can someone define vibes before Athens loses another afternoon?

Socrates, if they could define it, they would have called it thought.

A proof needs structure. Vibes need lighting.

Aristotle, the actually person is a special species of confidence with no habitat.

Socrates, I tried classifying it, but it kept interrupting the specimen notes.

It belongs in the cave, arguing that the shadow was taken out of context.

Plato, even the shadow would ask to see the source.

The source is never invited. That is how the actually survives.

Aristotle, facts are just shadows of better ideas, and you know it.

Plato, your better ideas need directions back to the ground.

This is why Athens never gets a quiet afternoon.

Socrates, quiet afternoons are for people who gave up on truth.

Truth does not improve by floating above the evidence.

Aristotle, people call anything logical because they fear sounding ordinary.

Plato, your ideal forms gave them the habit of worshipping fog.

Perhaps ask them to define logical before they start decorating the word.

Socrates, if we ask for definitions, half the room loses its costume.

Good. Arguments should not need costumes to stand upright.

Aristotle, do not blame me because your lessons came with geopolitical side effects.

Alexander, I taught reason. You turned the homework into a map problem.

A king with philosophy is still a king looking for a flattering mirror.

Plato, your cave people would still be arguing about the shadow of a crown.

Power loves philosophy because it wants footnotes for appetite.