Jonah: I am fast coming to the conclusion that there are two kinds of human
beings–those who can read philosophy and get something out of it, and those
who can’t. I am firmly in the latter camp. I
think I even have a quick’n’easy test so readers can figure out which
category they belong to. The test is St Anselm’s proof of the existence of
God. If you can read
through that, step away, have a cup of coffee, hold a conversation about
sport or politics, and then, an hour later, repeat the main line of St
Anselm’s argument correctly, you are a philosophy geek.