Philosopher's Friend Gifts

Victim of dependency - Please don't help.

TABU

Black Lives Matter!

Rudy, stop thinking about it. About what? About how if the dark ages had never happened, we'd be so much more technologically advanced by now. Instead of poking acks on your me-phone, you'd have a chip implanted up your whatsits that'd let you do anything you could imagine. My phone says without the dark ages, we'd have had no renaissance - so you science-haters are RESPONSIBLE for my me-phone. Stalemate.

I told you the King wasn't ready for irony!

'The 20th century wasn't bad, but I preferred the 19th. I'm open minded for the 21st.'

'Oh, they get along fine, as long as they avoid politics and religion.'

'He who laughs last probably doesn't get it.'

Skeptic Tank.

"It's a long way to Enlightenment. You might need some cash."

"Hey! If you're here to marvel at the smallness of your existence within a glorious, vast and unknowable universe, there's a line!"

Corporate departments as a metaphor for growing up.

"Is this what I want to be doing with my death?"

"Hello - I'm from the future..."

"All a cat CAN do is strive for authenticity."

"Moulting"

Conference on the Control of Time and Space. Left to Right: Isaac Newton, Aristotle, HG Wells, Ptolemy,Isaac Asimov, Albert Einstein, Galileo, Copernicus.

Scurile travels

'Isn't that wonderful? We both suffer from intellectual angst!'

“Just one question...how on earth do I get down?!?”

"I'm searching for a happy medium between sitting on a mountain top and eating cheese fries."

"Today's sermon will be followed immediately by a rebuttal from the opposition."

Professor McWit, crushed by an avalanche of Philosophy 101 texts, proves again that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

"I'm not really into organized religion, though I am very spiritual."

'The Meaning of Life? -- you don't have a bad ticker, do you?'

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

'Have you been working out?'

"If Marcus Aurelius himself were standing here today, I'm sure he would agree this suit reflects perfectly your stoic sensibilities."

The sad case of the blind-men and the elephant.

'See that ant, Norm - He is in a world of his own, completely unaware that he is being watched.'

"Sorry, I can't - I have to be everywhere."

"Can any of us truly see ourselves?"

Bookski Inc. Das Kapital. Sorry, Mister Marz, but we can't give you a big advance just because you need it.

"The meaning of life at a glance"

The Guru is away to negotiate movie rights for his best-selling book, 'Money Won't Make You Happy'."