The reason why…

 The reason why…

 Toda a ideia geral 

 é 

 puramente intelectual 

As ideias gerais só se podem introduzir na espécie com o auxílio das palavras, e o entendimento não as apreende senão por meio das proposições.

É uma das razões por que os animais não poderiam formar tais ideias, nem jamais adquirir a perfectibilidade que delas depende.

Quando um macaco vai, sem hesitar, de uma noz a outra, julga-se que tenha a ideia geral dessa espécie de fruta e que compare o seu arquétipo a esses dois indivíduos?

Não, sem dúvida, mas a vista de uma dessas nozes lembra à sua memória as sensações que recebeu da outra, e os seus olhos, modificados de certa maneira, anunciam ao seu gosto a modificação que vai receber.

Toda a ideia geral é puramente intelectual, por pouco que a imaginação tome parte nela, a ideia torna-se, logo, particular.

Procurai traçar a imagem de uma árvore em geral, e jamais o conseguireis, contra a vossa vontade, é preciso vê-la grande ou pequena, desgalhada ou em copa, clara ou escura, e se dependesse de vós não ver senão o que se acha em toda a árvore, essa imagem não se pareceria mais com uma árvore.

Os seres puramente abstractos vêem-se do mesmo modo, ou não se concebem senão por meio do discurso.

Só a definição do triângulo vos dá a verdadeira ideia: logo que o figurais no vosso espírito, é um certo triângulo e não outro, e não podeis deixar de tornar as suas linhas sensíveis ou o plano colorido.

É preciso pois, enunciar proposições, é preciso falar para ter ideias gerais: porque, logo que a imaginação pára, o espírito só marcha com o auxílio do discurso.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

 “Discurso sobre a origem da desigualdade” 

Strangers meeting on the surface of the earth
communicating making trends for what it's worth
sacrificial bleedings from this wonderful machine
frantically creating artificial human beings

moving faster as we keep our hopes up high
maybe someday we will know the reason why
only love can bring us forward

we won't give up the fight - we shine so bright
'cause we are just a little crazy
dance upon the world - fly like a bird
touch the sky and one day maybe
just a little crazy

in the temple of missinformation we are born
wars fought and created all the heroes have come and gone
transcending signals outside this big balloon
playing with needles under shadows of the moon

moving faster and we keep our hopes up high
maybe someday we will know the reason why
only love can bring us forward
holding hands together

we won't give up the fight - we shine so bright
'cause we are just a little crazy
dance upon the world - fly like a bird
touch the sky and one day maybe
just a little crazy

don't give up the fight - you shine so bright
'cause you are just a little crazy
dance upon the world - fly like a bird
touch the sky and one day maybe
keep your head up high
don't give up the fight - we shine so bright
we are just a little crazy
we won't give up - won't give up - won't give up
just a little crazy - just a little

The Ark

“Just a little”

In the city of eigth million people
Loneliness just couldn't be shared
There i was again in the house of lost regrets
With burned out hypocrates
The incrawd said
They'd be hip till they were dead
They're wore that coolness of theirs with pride
And dignity
Yeah yeah...

If you wanna hear some thruth
I'll sit down and talk to you
Down on center avenue
I'll show you that the blues
Just ain't something you loose
Down on center avenue

Sharp dressed opinionated people
Dedicated followers of fashion
With their pointed heads
Buying all the reasons they needed
To live in their storybook downtown dead ends
With foundimental liberties
That wear in majority of one
They were swimming down the drain of freedom
If you ask me i just barely give them a 10% status
In the cool parade but no one ever asked me
So i woke up every mornig took a good look around
And when i thought thinks might be okay
I realizad this small town crowd
With little dreams were buying all the time they needed
To find reasons to be yeah...
So listen know look me up sometimes
And bring along some wine

If you wanna hear some thruth
I'll sit down and talk to you
Down on center avenue
I'll show you that the blues
Just ain't something you loose
Down on center avenue

And there was nothing that could be done
No... oh... oh... oh.... oh..... oh............

In the city of eigth million people
Loneliness just couldn't be shared
There i was again in the house of lost regrets
With burned out hypocrates
The incrawd always said
They'd be hip till they were dead
They're wore that coolness of theirs with pride
And dignity
So the whole fucking world could see
Sharp dressed opinionated people
Dedicated followers of fashion
With their pointed heads
Buying all the reasons

If you wanna hear some thruth
I'll sit down and talk to you
Down on center avenue
I'll show you that the blues
Just ain't something you loose
Down on center avenue
Down on center avenue
Down on center avenue
I'll show you that the blues
Just ain't something you loose
Down on center avenue

   ARK   

“Center avenue”

 Tito Colaço 

XXIX _ XI _ MMXIV