A Theory of Knowledge: Wilbur

Wyndham Lewis, circa 1915

Epistemology

I.

Kick at the rock, Sam Johnson, break your bones:

But cloudy, cloudy is the stuff of stones.

II.

We milk the cow of the world, and as we do

We whisper in her ear, 'You are not true.'

Richard Wilbur

Epistemologia

I.

Chuta a pedra, Sam Johnson, e teus ossos quebra:

Mas fofo, fofo é o estofo da pedra.

II.

Ordenhamos a vaca do mundo, mas ainda na cocheira

Murmuramos no ouvido dela: 'Ei, não és verdadeira'.