WHAT WE REALLY ARE

isn't it possible to act consistently in a way inconsistent with the deepest philosophy we think we believe ... to speak like a christian devoted to the meaning of christ but to act like an atheist being funneled down to his death ... to say in debate we should go for the ideal then spend your evenings chasing tail and your nighttimes getting drunk ... your religion would be a matter of the morning and of regret ... a christian a follower of christ in theory ... a pagan in practice ... in grotto in grove and wood chasing venus and the naiads ... or marching with mars if not to war then to sports or games or business ... aristotle never used the words I think but his is the basis for them ... the practical syllogism ... an argument whose conclusion is an action ... modus ponens ... if you loved me you wouldn't hurt me ... modus tollens ... you hurt me therefore you don't love me ... there's a sense in which we are how we feel but it's not a solitary sense ... we are as well what we think even if we don't believe it ... because ultimately we are what we do in relation to others