Let’s say I asked you to pick a chair. Without giving it much thought,
you would most likely sit down on one or another, assuming that chairs
are simply things to sit on, wouldn’t you? But this somewhat abstract term
doesn’t say anything about whether it is a sturdy or frail chair, and if the latter,
it would collapse with your very attempt at sitting. And here lies the tragedy
of learning: If you ignored the sage’s máthēma passed in the abyss of his poíēma,
then to avoid any future páthēma, you have to bruise your órrhos, my rhêma.