Football game of the philosophers
The Philosophers' Football Game is a sketch by the comedian group Monty Python . The sketch shows a humorous reporting of the football final of the philosophers in the municipal stadium on Grünwalder Strasse in Munich, although the Munich Olympic Stadium is shown in the long shot in the opening credits. The German national team competes against the Greek national team. Archimedes ( John Cleese ), Sokrates ( Eric Idle ), Hegel ( Graham Chapman ), Nietzsche ( Michael Palin ), Marx ( Terry Jones ) and Kant ( Terry Gilliam ) play in the sketch .
The German team reached the final by beating the team from England, which is said to have been superbly occupied in midfield with Jeremy Bentham , John Locke and Thomas Hobbes . Confucius is the referee of the final and is accompanied by the linesmen Thomas Aquinas and Augustine Hippo . Both linesmen wear a halo. The coach of the German national team is Martin Luther . When the game kicks off, the philosophers walk around the field, lost in their theories. The ball remains on the center point regardless of either team. Franz Beckenbauer , surprisingly nominated, appears very confused.
The sketch was shot with the exception of the shots of the spectator stands in the stadium on Grünwalder Straße . He was first seen in the second episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus .
Course of the game
Nietzsche receives a yellow card after accusing Confucius of lacking free will. Confucius, in turn, explains that this is a factual decision. Karl Marx comes on for Ludwig Wittgenstein . However, this in no way leads to a better course of the game. In the 90th minute, Archimedes shouts " Eureka !" And encourages the Greeks to use football. Socrates headed Archimedes' cross into the decisive goal at the last second. At the end of the play, the Germans debate the goal; Hegel argues that reality is only an a priori adjunct of non-naturalistic ethics , Kant, according to the categorical imperative, sees it as ontologically only existing in the imagination, and Marx pleads on the sidelines . The arguments of Hegel and Kant do not represent actually existing positions in the humanities, but merely a series of philosophical theoretical concepts. The replay shows that Socrates' header was actually scored from an offside position .
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Gottfried Leibniz - Immanuel Kant , Georg "Nobby" Hegel  , Arthur Schopenhauer , Friedrich Schelling - Franz Beckenbauer , Karl Jaspers - Friedrich Schlegel , Ludwig Wittgenstein ( Karl Marx ), Friedrich Nietzsche , Martin Heidegger
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Plato - Epictetus , Aristotle , "Chopper" Sophocles , Empedocles - Plotinus , Epicurus - Heraclitus , Democritus , Socrates , Archimedes
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Football game of the philosophers 2010
Inspired by the ideas of this sketch, and with the full support of the surviving members of the Monty Pythons, the Philosophers' football game was repeated on May 9, 2010 at Wingate & Finchley's Harry Abrahams Stadium (North London).
This “historical recapitulation” is an idea of the “Philosophy Shop”, which offers lessons and training for elementary school children. The group organizes hands-on philosophy lessons for children aged 5-11 to develop their critical thinking. The lessons are led by philosophy students.
The philosopher AC Grayling and former England team coach Graham Taylor coach the two football teams, and the players include comedians like Mark Steel , Tony Hawks , Arthur Smith and Ariane Sherine , as well as philosophers like Julian Baggini , Nigel Warburton , Simon Glendinning , Stephen Law , Angie Hobbs and Mark Vernon . The game is supported by sociologist Laurie Taylor , John Humphrys (BBC) and writer Anthony Seldon .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Julian Baggini: Who's the thinker in the white? In: The Guardian. April 28, 2010, accessed June 20, 2012 .