Philosophy Aficionado Gifts

"An excellent defense. Let's give her the doctorate."

'Gee, I just never get tired of this!'

A Street in the Philosophy District

'The trouble with monotheism is that you can never get a second opinion.'

"And one more thing: you don't get to pardon yourself."

Auguste Comte

"What would Aristotle do?"

"I haven't had a minute to myself recently. I'm on one committee which is trying to determine when human life begins, another committee searching for the meaning of life, and a third committee which is trying to determine when life is legal over."

'That's it?'

'20,231 Google Citations...Therefore I am.' Descartes in the computer age.

"Okay, who wants to kick off a discussion about the importance of change?"

Jeremy Bentham

'Well, it's MY meaning of life!'

'Experience has taught me all I know, and many things I never wanted to know.'

Every once in a while collective unconscious kicks in.

Bartlett's Unfamiliar Quotations

Old Testament God vs New Testament God.

"Watch BoBo the Clown cry real tears of existential crisis only to refocus his energy through sublimation and laugh at the inherent indifference and absurdity of existence."

Introduction to Metaphysics.

'Money? Why don't we discuss politics, or religion?'

"Not exactly - He believes that the ends justify BEING mean."

The 'Round Earth' sales pitch hits a snag.

Friedrich Nietzsche

"What do you mean, 'it is what it is. . .?'"

'Eternity? Is that more than a decade?'

'Phys Ed -- but I minored in philosophy.'

"Contentment comes from understanding you can't sweat the little things in life. And that life is a little thing."

Postes Modernes

God Preaches to Animals

Professors Martin and Smith Engage in a Battle of Wills

Ars longa, vita brevis (Art is long, life is short).

"My existence is a gray area."

"Today we talk about political philosophy..."

'If everything is illusory, why should I listen to you?'

"Yeah, but it's a dry heat."