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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