Intellectual Pillows

"But enough about this for a while, gentlemen. Let's talk about real estate."

Philosophers On Strike

'No, you weren't there. But in your expert opinion as a certified brainiac, do you think he did it?'

Descartes's Demon

Lost and Profound.

William James

"You did very well on your I.Q. test. You're a man of 49 with the intelligence of a man of 53."

Soren Kierkegaard

'It's some intellectual group, but nobody can figure out what they want.'

"He's surprisingly good at small talk."

Assertiveness

"It's confusing, son, but I'll try to explain: A nerd is a dork who's headed for college. A wonk is a nerd with one or more Ph.D.s. And then there' s the Uber-Wonk, like Daddy, who gets interviewed on TV all the time!"

Henri Bergson

Thomas Carlyle

Deepwater Fish

"I understand the revisionists are hot on your trail, Professor Delauney."

A young man being introduced to an intellectual at a party

'This is getting to be too much for me. I'm thinking of becoming a middlebrow.'

"Since AI is replacing artists and intellectuals, I'm glad I'm an idiot."

"That's how you think because you're an egghead."

Giambattista Vico

'There's nothing wrong with being highbrow.'

Paul Ree

Wilhelm Dilthey

Philosopher Crossing

The Philosopher

Thomas Reid

"He's a brilliant man in his field, but has absolutely no small talk."

Felicite de La Mennais

Quixotic Intellectual

Think Tank Support

Question mark with face

Adult Colouring Book: A Critique of the Infantilisation of Popular Culture.

"Oh, he's in the shed musing on the differences between algorithms and memes."

Guillaume Apollinaire