Welcome to the weekend. This one has been a long time coming and David and I are looking forward to a leisurely break from a busy week. Linda has given us an interesting prompt. Cheryl is standing by with our favorite adult beverages and perhaps a snack.
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “starts with ‘kn.’” Find a word that starts with the letters “kn” and use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
If we were having a beer, you’d be in a weird mood.
“Good afternoon, Dan. Did you finish all those jobs you were complaining about?”
“I don’t think I was complaining about them, David.”
“But?”
“I didn’t finish, but I made good progress.”
“Are your cars in the garage?”
“No, but that’s okay. I still have time.”
“How do you know that?”
“I set the deadline.”
“Yes, yes, but how do you know your deadline is appropriate?”
“Deadlines? What’s wrong with you guys? In case you forgot, it’s Saturday. Here, a John Howell’s Special for David, including three cherries, and a cold Modelo for Dan.”
“It’s like you read our minds, Cheryl.”
“Knowledge is power, Dan.”
“Who said that?”
“I did.”
“No, I mean who said it first?”
“Bacon.”
“Bacon? David, are you ready for pizza already?”
“No, Dan. Although a meat-lovers pizza does sound good, I was referring to Sir Francis Bacon. He published his Meditationes Sacrae. In fifteen-ninety-seven, in which he said something like ‘knowledge is power’ — of course others also get the credit.”
“Others? Did he say it or not?”
“To quote an annoying friend, yes and no.”
“That would be me, the annoying friend. I say that all the time and you hate it.”
“Yes, but in this case, there is reason to use that expression.”
“Why?”
“The phrase, ‘knowledge itself is power’ was published in the sixteen-sixty-eight edition of Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.”
“Hobbes? The tiger in Calvin and Hobbes?”
“No, Dan. Hobbes was an English philosopher, scientist, and historian. He was also secretary to Thomas Bacon.”
“So, he plagiarized his old boss.”
“Dan. Hobbes is considered a founder of modern political philosophy. But the phrase is generally attributed to Bacon.”
“Political philosophy? Then we’re not talking about him in this bar. Did you two say something about pizza? See, that’s a much better thing to consider than philosophy on a Saturday. Especially political philosophy.”
“Right again, Cheryl. Let’s have that pizza and another round.”
“I still think Hobbes the tiger was wiser than either of those two bums you mentioned.”
“Oh? And what is that Hobbes known for?”
“He once said: ‘I suppose if we couldn’t laugh at things that don’t make sense, we couldn’t react to a lot of life.’ — Pretty profound, wouldn’t you say?”
“He does make a good point. Cheers, Dan.”
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