Edgar Allan Poe 
Bargain Lost 

The story follows a man named Pierre Bon-Bon, who believes himself a profound philosopher, and his encounter with the devil. The humour of the story is based on the verbal interchange between the two, which satirizes classical philosophers including Plato and Aristotle. The devil reveals he has eaten the souls of many of these philosophers, this intrigues Bon-Bon… (Excerpt from Wikipedia)