Philosophy

Here in Australia, sports people are famous for talking about themselves in the second and third person.

In fact, one famous sports person (let’s call him, say, Fred Dagg) referred to himself in the fourth- or fifth-person (train spotters…help) in saying “I know a bloke who knows a bloke who thinks Fred Dagg should…”

Similarly, philosophers live life somewhat in the second and third person, analytically pigeon-holing their own lives and those of others into constructs of logic and reason. Real life, the first person version, is visceral, emotional and immediate; I prefer to live life  in the first person.