APHORISMS: THE PRODUCTION AND LOSS OF CONCEPTUAL POWER

Abstract

An aphorism that has been thoroughly explored in terms of all its ramifications no longer excites listeners or readers in terms of phenomenology and cognition. An aphorism that continues to elevate its proponents on ever-lower rungs of the intellectual stratification ladder has lost its psychological and sociological potency. Every aphorism expert knows that the low point of this cycle inspires them to stab every Polonius they come across.