What do you get if you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
I ask that question in honour of it apparently being World Philosophy Day, although of course every day is philosophy day at the Casa Epictetus.
A philosophy faculty are having a team meeting when suddenly a genie appears in front of them and, addressing the professor says " I come to offer you a choice: great wisdom, incomparable beauty or £100 million. What is your wish?"
"Wisdom." replies the professor, without a moment's hesitation. There is a bright flash and the genie disappears in a cloud of smoke.
When the air clears the rest of the faculty can see the professor staring thoughtfully into the distance. After an extended period one of his colleagues breaks the silence. "Professor, you have been granted great wisdom. What lesson do you have for us?"
"On reflection," replies the professor "I should have taken the money."
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