The Bed Of Procrustes: Philosophical And Practical Aphorisms

I for one love aphorisms

I for one love aphorisms. If it aint broke, then dont fix it. Now how true is a sentence like that? And though I had read two definitions of aphorisms in the dictionary when I had first looked up the word, I realized that they were both actually two sides of the same coin. You could use both interchangeably.

1.A pity observation that contains a general truth.

2.A concise statement of a scientific principle, typically by an ancient classical author.

Now you look at me and tell me that the aphorism example that I gave above is quite not the same as both of the two meanings? And dont even get me started on the ancient classical author bit, because few generations down the line, people will be calling Nassim Nicholas Taleb the best philosopher on the planet.

The Bed of Procrustes was actually aphorisms that Taleb kept publishing on his Twitter page and for me, it is this aspect of his which makes him a larger than life hero. Because he can blend with time and space. He own this continuum. And this is why also, I cannot place this book in any one particular category is it literary oris it philosophical. And thanks to Nassim Nicholas Taleb, that debate will continue for a long, long time.

And his real life like aphorisms really break through the shackles of the conscious and the unconscious, making you realize that there is a lot more to life that we slip through without realizing what we are going through. And that makes The Bed of Procrustes an amazing book which you need to pick up form an online bookstore like uread.com immediately. Go for it!

by: Shubhojit Kumar

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