November 24, 1992 (I was 48)
Two French students of philosophy, Jacques and René,
were on their way to the university
to take an examination on the
principles of the Cartesian
view of the mechanistic clockwork of life.
They had studied long, and
success in the test was essential to the
students’ academic
advancement.
Passing a brothel in
route to the university, Jacques was
suddenly overtaken by
libidinal desires. He decided to
forgo the
examination to satisfy this
more basic passion. He urged friend René
to accompany him to the den
of inequity. René demurred, and left for
the school while Jacques
entered the “établissement de l’amour.”
In
the examination room, the professor inquired of René
regarding the absence of his fellow, Jacques. René replied, “Alas,
Jacques is always one to put the whores before Descartes.”
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