{"id":2657,"date":"2017-01-27T11:56:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T16:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2017-01-27T11:56:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T16:56:01","slug":"poem-know-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/27\/poem-know-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Know Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

He offered<\/strong>
\nMe<\/strong>
\nAll the secrets of the world<\/strong>
\nAnd being more<\/strong>
\nOr less ambitious<\/strong>
\nI went for a few secrets<\/strong>
\nNot of this world<\/strong><\/p>\n

This poem is a tip of the hat to a famous Thomas Aquinas quote: \u201cThe slenderest knowledge that may be obtained of the highest things is more desirable than the most certain knowledge of lesser things.\u201d \u00a0\"They<\/a>\"If<\/a>Certainly, knowing how things work in the world of certainty — or, at least, high probability — is very useful in navigating this world. \u00a0No cents getting burned in a wring of fire. \u00a0Still, the world of possibility, of may be, is where the heights of humanity are scaled. \u00a0There is a certain infinity in pi that boggles the mind. \u00a0There is a particular\u00a0immeasurably to the census of a delectable pie. \u00a0There is abounding freedom in a life taunted by a pie ever-growing in size. \u00a0To gain the world and lose your soul is perhaps the gravest deal ever afforded our priceless lives. \u00a0Awe that I am saying, just, know deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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