Intellectual Sparring Enthusiast Gifts

Nature vs. Nietzsche.

"I've been thinking harder than you have, and my thought experiment disproves your thought experiment."

"Them's cat-fightin' words, Arlin!"

'But he's supposed to tell everyone how much you weigh! '

"Sadie, I just heard they discovered lots of ancient cities buried hundreds of years ago in the jungles of Cambodia. They've each got weird geometric patterns outlining what may have been gardens. But no one really knows what they were used for. I guess what I'm asking you is... what were they used for? Y'know, since you were there to see them in their prime. They were used for ritual sacrifices of dullards. For educational purposes, I shall now perform one."

"Keep it up. His knuckles are getting really sore"

Poetry debate

Academic Affairs: The Chair of Philosophy Corners the Chair of the Sciences

'Are you sure you saw my client do it? Let me remind you, it takes one to know one.'

"Ohhh... He's out all right!"

"The problem is: reasonable men may differ on what the hell reason is!"

"Try a new tactic, punch back."

John Banville

Department de Philosophie

Cat boxer

'When are you gonna get me some real competition?'

'I think things went wrong for me in the fifth round.' 'In hindsight, was that a good time to begin meditating?'

A poison pen fights a poison mic.

'One pundit tonight is from a think tank, the other writes 'Books for Dummies'.'

'And so, you can see from the books behind me that I am not an ignoramus, as some of my political opponents claim.'

Theoresentful

Truth or dare at the philosophy dept.'s lounge

'What do you mean, 'you can read me like a book'? You've never read a book!'

'Remind me again darling - what were we just arguing about?'

'I've gone over the fight tapes and I think I've pinpointed your weakness.'

'I say it doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere.', 'Who do you think you're kidding?'

A thinker seeing his own thought.

Chi Kick

'Let's give him a couple more minutes, but it looks like we've got ourselves a bum who can't fight his way out of a paper bag.'

"You got him running scared, kid. He thinks he might actually kill you."

'Joe Louis was right - you can run, but you can't hide.'

Historians' Tiff

"In this corner, a man who describes everything as 'Orwellian.' And in this corner, a guy who loves saying 'Kafka-esque!'"

"There she is...Melinda Alvarez...the smartest girl in the third grade."

World Ping-Pong Federation.