Doc Monologue from The Jealousy of le Barbouillé (La Jalousie du Barbouillé)

From The Jealousy of le Barbouillé (La Jalousie du Barbouillé) by Molière

male · comedic · 1:13 min

Let me tell you first that I am not only a doctor, but that I am one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten times doctor. Firstly, number one is the base, the foundation, and the first of all numbers; so am I the first of all doctors, the most learned of the learned. Secondly, there are two faculties essential for a perfect knowledge of things: the sense and the understanding; I am all sense, all understanding: ergo, I am twice doctor. (BAR: Agreed. What I want...) Thirdly, according to Aristotle, the number three is that of perfection; I am perfect; and every thing I do is perfect: ergo, I am three times doctor. (BAR: Very well then, doctor....) Fourthly, philosophy is divided into four parts, logic, morals, physics, and metaphysics; I possess all four, and know them perfectly: ergo, I am four times doctor.

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