western philosophy, n.All

Western philosophy (n.) fell ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for the problem of knowing, and the less a question touched life the more respectable it looked.

Western philosophy (n.) plays, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠with science, the game of trapping the universe in nets of words and numbers — and is forever tempted to mistake the rules of grammar and mathematics for the workings of nature.