Monty Python - The Philosophers' Song

[pal8991]

God Bless philosophy...i love 'em all

[puffin51]

Have we had the Philosophy 1.01 Final Exam joke yet? There was one question: "Why?" If you answered "Why not?", you got a C, if you answered "Because" you got a B, and if you answered "Why, indeed?" you got an A. All other answers failed, except one that read "Fish!", which was awarded the Dean's Prize for Postmodernist Argument.

[fistfulofknowledge]

@puffin51 I really laughed this joke, however since it is only a social construct and snject to possible change I canot like it sorry.

[RivetingTaleBrother]

John Stuart Mill, of his own free will,

On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill.

Plato, they say, could stick it away;

Half a crate of whiskey every day.

Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,

Hobbes was fond of his dram,

And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart: "I drink, therefore I am"

Yes, Socrates, himself, is particularly missed;

A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's pissed!

[RivetingTaleBrother]

Immanuel Kant was a real pissant Who was very rarely stable. Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar Who could think you under the table. David Hume could out-consume Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel, And Wittgenstein was a beery swine Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel. There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya' 'Bout the raising of the wrist. SOCRATES, HIMSELF, WAS PERMANENTLY PISSED...

[xemily91]

Even funnier when you're taking Philosophy. 

[DjembeDjam]

Bibo ergo sum - I drink therefore I am

[MichaelHansenFUN]

i need to re learn this song and play it on the guitar and yotube it...

[UsernameCosplayer]

"And now, please rise for the Australian National Anthem..."

[SingerSirCoda]

Bah. Symposium makes it quite clear that nobody has seen Socrates drunk.

[oesien]

@SingerSirCoda They´re most likely referring to his death-sentence, which meant him drinking poison. Therefore he´s "permanently pissed"

[sidbanes]

i want to start my own bank, but my bank is in the name of love... not death

[DarkTider]

Love how this song allows me to actually keep track of the above philosophers XD

[Donnel5]

I listened to this recently for the first time in 8 years (I was 12 when I first heard it), knew every single lyric. :D

[Beethoveniac]

I'm wondering if the guys who made South Park were also Monty Python fans, am I the only one who thinks parts of this song sound a lot like "Kyle's Mom is A Big Fat Bitch (In D minor)" from "South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut"????????

[motyeszz]

@Beethoveniac

They were, they use the same techique for animating as Terry Gilliam.

[Beethoveniac]

@motyeszz That's cool, I had no idea! They definitely had great taste, then! Thanks for the info!

[ExtremePeppers]

Macallan Sherry Oak Scotch!!

[livingshadow29]

Nietzsche drinking? XD

[GrigoriZhukov]

I think therfore I drink...plop.

[StrikaAmaru]

A higher quality version at ?v=6QgCfnBtF7M

[Metal1216]

This song is the clubsong from my rugbyclub, 'Obelix'.

Lots of good times drunkenly singing this song. :D

[brotherbongo]

i drink therefore i am

[DarkTider]

The most hillarious thing is that thanks to this song i am actually able to remember the philosophers XD When i cant remember the name of one i just go through this song in my head to remember the name, And it works! :P

[Joshua12345]

If you say so, but perhaps we can settle on him being a very naughty boy.

[Joshua12345]

Ironic Reference, it's "DRINK you under the table; that's the jokey theme, not great thinkers, but great drinkers.

[gwendelk]

@Joshua12345 They're clearly singing "think you under the table". (The Hollywood Bowl film, which includes the lyrics on-screen, backs that up.)

[IronicReference]

Immanuel Kant was a real pissant / Who was very rarely stable / Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar / Who could think you under the table / David Hume could out-consume / Good aul' Friedrich Hegel / And Wittgenstein, the beery swine / Was just as sloshed as Schlegel! / And nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya / 'Bout the raising of the wrist / Socrates himself was permanently pissed... AnnaDeeDee has the rest. (This may have double-posted because YouTube is being crap at the moment)

[IronicReference]

IIIIImannuel Kant was a real pissant/Who was very rarely stable/Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar/Who could think you under the table / David Hume could out-consume / Good aul' Friedrich Hegel / And Wittgenstein was a beery swine / Who was just as shloshed as Schlegel! / There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya / Bout the raising of the wrist / Socrates himself was permanently pissed.../ JS Mill of his own free will / On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill...

[firestartertwistedfi]

@IronicReference Minor quibble - I think it's 'WILHELM Friedrich Hegel' not 'Good Aul'

[ePhilosopher9]

2010 hoists

[smwca123]

Heidegger was the only one still alive when this song was written; he died in 1976.

[onestupidman]

Aristotle's last words: "Crito, I owe a debt to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the Cock?"

errrr--something, along those lines...

[thisroadichose]

@onestupidman true enough. but its an interesting statement out of context ;P

[Drweavil]

Lol, I've been able to bluff my way through so many smart-arsed conversations over the years by simply knowing the words to this song. "Yes, but I'm not sure Heidegger would agree with that... or Hume for that matter" Amazing how many times people have bought that crap lol.

[FJ91L]

Now, only if there were lyrics.

[TheAlex842]

good

[blondieniamh]

this is terrible but I can't help but think they might be right about socrates....

[cczkawka]

they should give this song lyrics

[Galaxy1300]

ha ha lmfao

[fckwful]

Descartes has had a bad day and spends the night at his favorite bar trinking a bit too much. The barkeeper asks him: "Do you want some more, Rene?" Descartes goes: "I don't think so" and disappears in that very moment.

[iareilliterate]

LOL!!!!!

[godsownphilosopher]

You horribly butchered that. It goes like this:

A waiter asks Descartes if he would like to see the wine menu.. Descartes replies "I think not," and disappears in a poof of logic.

[fckwful]

Yapp, that's great! I only knew the other version of that one.

[tautologoustautology]

That joke would  be funny if it didn't employ the formal logical fallacy of denying the antecedent.

[vegtamtwopointoh]

@fckwful lol

[YawpingStance]

@fckwful I heard he replied "I think not." ;)

[mcshair21]

@fckwful i can dig it

[EreinionEluchil]

Being that smart and having to deal with ordinary people all the time would drive anyone to drink.

[BingerSpice]

I suffer that every day of my life.

[Friendulum]

Immanuel Kant was a real pissant Who was very rarely stable Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar Who could think you under the table David Hume could out-consume Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel And Wittgenstein was a beery swine Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya 'Bout the raising of the wrist Socrates himself was permanently pissed

[Friendulum]

John Stuart Mill, of his own free will

With half a pint of shandy got particularly ill

Plato, they say, could stick it away

Half a crate of whiskey every day

Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle

Hobbes was fond of his dram

And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart

"I drink therefore I am"

Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed

A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's pissed

[MilkyMalc]

Took a copy of this into my A level philosophy class haha, its great.

[Turkeydistroyer]

haha my philosophy teacher finds this really funny and told me to listern to it :P

[franklin0331990]

lol mine too!!!maybe it's the same one...

[lexagon]

"David Hume could out-consume Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel" kills me every time xD

[baghatfat]

hehe, of course he could, hes scottish

[KalleVL]

Or "Ol´ Descartes was a dunken fart; I drink there for I am" XD So true!!

[pkthead]

If you have to explain it they won't find it funny, not being English which is not really their fault ;-)

[mrpatty29]

hah!

my dad had a collection of all MP songs and i could never work out what they were saying...until now lol

[Octavius0]

Means he could out-drink anyone.

[omgtkseth]

Actually, could someone explain all those things? Like what does 'take you under the table' mean?

[akumabomb]

It says, "who could think you under the table," which is a play on the phrase "who could drink you under the table," which simply means that one can drink a lot more than you. It is a pun because Heidegger, being a philosopher, can out-think you.

[Sylvanranger]

well explained (Y)

[cclasby]

ditto.

[forcystus4]

if you mean the heidegger bit its "think you under the table." the piece below this explains it pretty well

[Gunganwoman]

I do love this song :D

[TheSpartacat]

ROFLMFAO

[mmartini50]

"Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle..."

[omgtkseth]

What does that mean?

[mmartini50]

He liked a drink...

[Quiggybo]

lol this song is getting me through philosophy A level :)

[sonsofawitch]

Where'd we be without Monty Python?

[zarda999]

As a K debater I judge this a lolocaust .

[SneakyHuevo]

I'm a philosophy major and I found this to be worth the LOLS

[katyc130890]

@SneakyHuevo Awesome. Doesn't this make you want to go drinking with the kids from Philosophy and just sing this? My God. I would eat that up.

[ateach65]

@katyc130890 hahahahahahahahahahaha!

[Thresholds]

No, sir, I think that would be you!

[LokixAlwaysxRight]

Nooo =)

It's humour!

[SageOfDarkness13]

Oh, I'd beg to differ. I'm majoring in philosophy, but I'll easily admit it's difficult to take seriously after a while. We might as well have some fun with it!

[finalxcx]

If they don't no nothing about philosophy then they must know something.

(double negative. I have the eyes of a hawk)

[lunastar47]

Maybe his words were philosophical after all and was only trying to test... someone?

Or not... Hah. Double negative. :D

[SweetAsMapleSyrup]

Lol me and my dad can sing this :)

[meryl4ever]

I drink, therefore, I am!

[andergriff]

Anyone know where to find the lyrics to this?

[AnnaDeeDee]

Immanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable//Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table//David Hume could out-consume Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel//And Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as sloshed as Schlegel//

There's nothing Nietsche couldn't teach ya 'bout the raising of the wrist//Socrates himself was permanently pissed//

To be continued...

[AnnaDeeDee]

Second part of lyrics:

John Stuart Mill, on his own free will, on half a pint of shandy was particularly ill//Plato, they say, could stick it away, half a crate of whiskey every day//Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle//Hobbes was fond of his dram//And René Descartes was a drunken fart: "I drink, therefore I am"//

Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed...//

A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's pissed!

[andergriff]

Thanks.

[bammo1]

Hobb's looks like Des Lynam

[dabuddha669]

subtitles please

[Joshua12345]

I sometimes do, sometimes not, I thought the vocal were clear enough though, but maybe soon I'll add the lyrics.

[mithwenarataur]

Ooo please? That would be great :)

[NGS712]

Too bad it isn't longer.

[stormtrooperjango]

monty python is life.... its sooooo funny!!!!!!!!! its like they invented comedy!!!!!!!

[MarcoMin16]

Rénes Descartes was drunken fart "I drink therefore i am" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ROFFLLMAO

[lapislazuli7]

THANKS... it was about time! ;)

[tubeeorrnottubee]

Absolutely fantastic ~ THANKS!

[jblev2]

yeah this is great funny too

[ladyskyflake]

Brilliant visuals for a brilliant song - thanks for posting this!