Intellectual Sparring Enthusiast Mugs

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

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

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

John Banville

"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."

Department de Philosophie

A poison pen fights a poison mic.

Cat boxer

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

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

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

Truth or dare at the philosophy dept.'s lounge

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

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

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

'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?'

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.'

A thinker seeing his own thought.

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

"Actually, I hope more people think being smart is annoying. I'll have less competition when I apply to college."

'I say, Addison

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

World Ping-Pong Federation.

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

Historians' Tiff