Yesterday we posted a LitHum study guide in limerick form. Today, we move on to CC, where we’ve summarized some texts as text messages. Leave your own creations in the comments.
Machiavelli’s The Prince
U wnt pwr? akwr ur state by ne meenz necesry n mak sur ur feerd n not luvd. crush ur enmys qick n nvr use foran rmyz. ps. giv me a job, plz.
Plato’s The Republic
Socrates + ppl @ athens tlk abt jstice theory of govt. theory of philo., theory of forms (rem, cave allegory!). s’s goal is an ordered polis; in end S thinks philo.kings RULEZ (4 realz).
Locke’s Second Treatise
ok its like, u have ur private property u have ur strong legislative branch now STFU
Epictetus
What is urs is urs, screw every1 else.
Epicurus
Dnt wry, b happy.
St. Augustine’s City of God
2 cities – in 1, chrstin values > rthly plesures, in 1, opposite. they fight.
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@Descartes Descartes Meditations:
i is wht i is cause i can thnk. & God is 2 cause hes perfct. if God is, thn evrythng is. but y tf do i still fck up??
@Its at 12. I promise. But get there early so you can see/hear!
@ORGO NIGHT so when is orgo night ACTUALLY happening? events calendar on the right says 11:29 pm tonight; facebook event says 11:55 pm tonight. which is it?
@luther “liek fuk u catholic church – we can hve religion thats prsnal — k?? i can intrprt teh bible w/o u”
@and also By your Mom’s pubic hair.
“Plz b my tdpole– 4rlz. Luvz, Pam.”
@texting like my mom does.
seriously, i dont think anyone has written like that since we were 12-year olds, amazed by AOL and new pubic hair.
@Epictetus Is my favorite CC author.
I am going to go sleep on my floor, bye.
@butlerer you forgot: hobbes’ leviathan, descartes’ discourse on method, and luther’s protestant reformation….bwog i need you how am i supposed to pass without you!!!!
@totally useless
@lol why were you actually planning to use this to study? Good luck to you sir.
I like the don’t worry be happy one.
Machiavelli was an awesome read!
@wait what? really? first of all, why do you need to study for cc? second of all, you expected this to be useful?
@Machiavelli really looks like a weasel.
@Anonymous ew.
@THIS SUCKS things we did not read: oedipus, kuhn, epictetus
awesome job bwog! not.
@oh shut up and stop taking yourself so seriously.
this was clearly intended to make people laugh, and it did that for this reader. so please, get out of that chair in butler that you’ve been sitting at for 3 days straight, take a shower, sleep a couple of hours, and RELAX!