Philosophy Buff Gifts

"And in this corner, still undefeated, Frank's long held beliefs!"

The mind-body problem

Yin and Yang Hug

"Behold the secret to happiness."

"Now that I'm here, could you tell me what that was all about."

"Enough yin. More yang."

Last Real Tough-Minded Thinking for 200 Miles

'The first commandment is: Thou shalt not shoot the messenger.'

'I know it sounds weird, Bill, but it's true! When I focus on what I can BRING to the feeding frenzy instead of what I get from it, I feel a whole lot better about myself!'

'I knew it! 'Chicken' comes first!'

'What's the point at looking at your side of the argument when it's wrong?'

'I wish you were more self-reflective.'

Descartes's Demon

'I like Kant.' '...But he's so negative!'

"I try not to be judgemental but I see everything in black and white."

'Why read all those other books when this one has all the answers.'

Pessimism and optimism clubs.

"I don't know anything about the bell curve, but I say heredity is everything."

'No kidding? -- a black belt in humility?'

"Look, life is nasty, brutish, and short, but you knew that when you became a caveman."

"You only think you're barking at nothing. We're all barking at something."

Deep tissue massage.

Rodin's 'Thinking man' is off its plinth and looking at it - Thinking outside the square.

A panhandler holds a sign that reads "Followed my bliss".

"I begged you not to buy that book by Christopher Hitchens."

Chicken and Egg playing baseball.

Rodin's Thinker: 'So what's he got that I haven't got?'

'Would you say your glass is half empty or half full?' 'Whose round is it?'

Socrates does lunch

'They are fun to watch, but wouldn't a bowl of goldfish have been just as good?'

"I think, therefore I am...hungry?"

'We don't devour, Mirabelle: we empower.'

'He was a Stoic's Stoic.'

"Personally, I'm a doer."

Stoics vs. Epicureans.