The Philosopher

Philosopher, they call me, Following Pythagoras* of old, A friend of wisdom it means and Nothing more. For years philosophy’s principles I tried to understand and For decades her ethics strived To apply. Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Heraclitus My subjects were, Thus Faithfully myself devoted to Their teaching With No great success, on my part, I confess However, this was not because of Lack of trying. And now, As life’s end, I discern clearer as days, Are passing by To my horror, unfortunately, came to realize That Although a loyal FRIEND of WISDOM I have remained to this very day, WISDOM herself NEVER thought of me THE SAME WAY! © Demetrios Trifiatis 11 June 2021 *Pythagoras, Greek philosopher c570-c495 BC, after discovering the Pythagorean Theorem, the Greeks gave him the title of " SOFOS" which means WISE as the custom was at the time to call all men of learning. Pythagoras refused the title and called himself " PHILOS TIS SOFIAS " FRIEND OF WISDOM, because he said WISE was only GOD! Since then the title of Philosopher has been used to this day and every man of learning gets his Ph. D. (Philosophy Degree) which means that he accepts the limits of his knowledge since only GOD knows.