While mascots are a staple of sporting events, there’s something a little ... off about them. The plastered-on smile, the dead eyes, the animal exterior that’s hollow inside. It’s all reminiscent of the existential and nihilist philosophers who believed life ultimately had no meaning. So, as a teaching moment, we’ve paired some quotes from a few famous nihilist philosophers with their appropriate mascots, just in time to cram for your Philosophy 101 final.
If soul-killing philosophy quotes were delivered by sad mascots
Just in time for your Philosophy 101 final!
1. Brutus Buckeye x Fyodor Dostoyevsky
2. Phillie Phanatic x Jean-Jacques Rousseau
3. The Pirate Parrot x Martin Heidegger
4. Pierre the Pelican x Ivan Turgenev
5. Fredbird the Cardinal x Friedrich Nietzsche
6. Lou Seal x Jacques Derrida
7. Testudo the Terrapin x Søren Kierkegaard
8. Staley Da Bear x Steven Weinberg
9. Bernie the St. Bernard x Immanuel Kant
10. Cheese Chester x Friedrich Nietzsche
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