Poetry Corner
by Learning Enhancement Center on November 5, 2009 in 2009-2011Aut Caesar
By Theodor Damian
I’ve had too much
of too much
in the old times they used to say something
I don’t want to hear anymore
Aut Caesar, aut nihil
I don’t want Caesar anymore
I want nihil
nihil, not nihilism
I kindly ask philosophers not to confound me
nihil brings me somewhere
nihilism nowhere.
Theodor Damian, born in Romania, currently lives in New York. Â Since 1992 he has been a professor of Philosophy and Ethics at the Metropolitan College of New York, Audrey Cohen School for Human Services and Education, and president of the Romanian Institute of Orthodox Theology and Spirituality. He is a poet and director of “Lumina Lina/ Gracious Light” trimestrial magazine and has published over 15 books in the fields of theology, philosophy, and poetry.
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