Thought: A Very Short Introduction by Tim Bayne

Author:Tim Bayne [Bayne, Tim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780199601721
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013-01-15T07:00:00+00:00

3. A child’s gängelwagen

Chapter 5

‘They don’t think like we do’

Once there was a man of Chu’u selling shields and halberds. In praising his shields he said, ‘My shields are so solid that nothing can penetrate them.’ Again, in praising his halberds, he said, ‘My halberds are so sharp that they can penetrate anything.’ In response to his words somebody asked, ‘How about using your halberds to pierce through your shields?’ To this the man could not give any reply.

Han Fei Tzu, 3rd century BCE

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