Little Timmy always procrastinated his schoolwork A few weeks ago, his teacher assigned the class to write a 10,000 word paper on a great philosopher, but with just 12 hours until the paper was due, Little Timmy had not written a single word. Realizing his predicament, Little Timmy hastily took a pencil out of his drawer and sat down in front of blank paper to begin. Although he knew nothing about philosophy, he knew that if he wanted to finish in time, he'd have to start writing and hope that something would come to him as he did. Just as he was about to put pencil to paper... the great philosopher, Plato appeared in Little Timmy's bedroom! Amazed, Little Timmy listened as stoic Plato started to speak. As philosophers do, Plato spoke at length about his views on the world and Little Timmy did his best to understand. At last, Plato said, ""Little Timmy, if you remember anything I've said, remember that for a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories!"" Head swimming, Little Timmy noticed that time had flown by and there were only 10 hours left to write his paper. Confident he could still finish in time, he grabbed his pencil to write down what Plato had said to him about man conquering himself. Just as he was about to put pencil to paper... the great philosopher, Descartes appeared in Little Timmy's bedroom! Startled, Little Timmy listened as the contemplative Descartes started to speak. As philosophers do, Descartes spoke at length about his views on the world and once again, Little Timmy did his best to understand. At last, Descartes said, ""Little Timmy, if you remember anything I've said, remember this: I think, therefore I am!"" Still overwhelmed, Little Timmy noticed that more time had flown by and there were only 8 hours left to write his paper. Confident he could still finish in time, he grabbed his pencil to write down what Descartes had said to him about existence. Just as he was about to put pencil to paper... the great philosopher, Frederick Nietzsche appeared in Little Timmy's bedroom! Unbelieving, Little Timmy listened as disparate Nietzsche started to speak. As philosophers do, Nietzsche spoke at length about his views on the world and Little Timmy did his best to understand. At last, Nietzsche said, ""Little Timmy, if you remember anything I've said, remember there is no point to anything."" Deep in introspection, Little Timmy noticed that time had flown by and there were only 4 hours left to write his paper. Little Timmy began to sweat, he had never finished a paper in such little time, but Nietzsche had stuck a chord with him and he had finally decided that the hopeless philosopher would be the subject of the paper. Inspired and confident he could finish just in time, Little Timmy grabbed his pencil for the last time to write down what Nietzsche had said to him about there being no point to anything. However, just as he was about to put pencil to paper that final time... ... Little Timmy looked at his pencil and realized there was no point.