Another Pheron the Philosopher Dialogue!!!
Pheron, who lived several centuries prior to the birth of Jesus H. Christ, the main character of the Bible, is considered the leader of a school of thought typically referred to as something. Pheron’s apprentice and another influential ancient Athenian thinker, John Cho, wrote the Pheronic dialogues to record the man’s philosophies and dialectic methods which influence Western and Mid-Western thought today still. One of them is right below:
Eledian
Child: Dear Pheron, I am sorry to interrupt what appears to be yourself doing laundry.
Pheron: It is not for you to worry. I do laundry for to appear presentable to others. It would not make sense to expult company for the reason of doing something meant to impress company.
Child: Yes. You have often thankfully taught me to care what others think. However, I am troubled on another matter.
Pheron: Please. I wish very much for you to tell me of your troubles. I am, after all, not being sarcastic.
Child: Someone appears to have entered the home of myself and my mother and stolen much of our grain.
Pheron: That is truly the opposite of pleasant. But I daresay that Eledian stole this grain you speak of.
Child: What a singular solution! How could you be so confident as to your knowing of this?
Pheron: Eledian is of the color of the most black of olives.
Child: I feel that there must be more to this solution.
Pheron: Many citizens think that those colored of the black olives steal, therefore, would it not make sense that Eledian, who is one of the black olive colored, stole your mother’s grain?
Child: Your logic is compelling, but you seem to have not considered those of light complexion who have said explicitly that they hate my mother because of how she has often stolen food from them. They’ve also sworn to steal food back from her.
Pheron: True, but does not that Eledian have a weird way about him? All shifty eyed?
Child: Yes, that is true, Pheron. But…
Pheron: Therefore, we must conclude that he took the grain.
Child: Yes. Good point. Thank you, Pheron, for showing me this truth. But however shall I obtain my mother’s grain from this Eledian?
Pheron: You should nicely ask him to return it.
Child: I would be startled if that were to work.
Pheron: I am breaking your balls. You should harm him.
