Philosophy converts necessity to possibility;
poetry, vice versa.

"Given this," the philosopher asks,
"what can I think?

"Thus taken," asks the poet,
"what must she feel?"

belief concept expectation reason

desire emotion intention passion

Correctness

realistic expectations
idealistic intentions

accurate predictions
proper indictments

Give me

Olson's special view of history
AND
Quine's general take on the world.

We must assume that Olson was Olson;
and Quine was Quine. Now, some Olsons
no doubt, pretend to be Quines,
occassionally moved and rarely reading,
but a Quine, out at the elbows, his
fly gaping, pretending to be an Olson?