I...mmanuel Kant was a real p*ssant who was very rarely stable.
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table.
David Hume could out-consume Schopenhauer and Hegel.
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as schloshed as Schlegel!
There's nothin' Neitzche couldn't teach ya 'bout the raising of the wrist. Socrates himself was permanently p*ssed...
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 b*gger 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 b*gger when he's p*ssed!
I have been tempted to post this under Philsophy for so long. I figured only those who surf that category would appreciate it. Hopefully you people have a sense of humor. ;)
Was it funny?
2006-12-24 14:54:08 · 15 answers · asked by Teresa 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The Philosopher's Song, by Eric Idol.
2006-12-24 14:54:39 · update #1
Ha. That is super funny, but I'm having trouble reading it like a poem. The rhymes and meters don't match up, though it seems that if it was revised a bit, it could have a regular meter.
P.S. To humorless folk: nearly all brilliant authors and most brilliant philosophers and, in fact, most anyone else who's ever been brilliant has been a shameless drunk or drug addict.
And, to the respondent who asked "how we could 'criticize' such great minds," give me a break. There wasn't even a single woman on the list. Typical historical sexism. And we don't have to worship philosophers like gods.
2006-12-24 17:43:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I wish you had not posted it. It is a very negative and selfish piece and not worth posting, how can anyone criticize the greatest minds ever. It is better to consider ones own short coming then dwell on someone else's.
2006-12-24 15:58:29 · answer #2 · answered by mimi 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Amusing, and amazing... To think these men were the same great philosophers!! Well, for one thing, they don't look good from this side!! Merry Christmas, anyway..:-)
2006-12-24 15:56:33 · answer #3 · answered by Swathi Rao 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a good one. But this seems to be the outpouring from the mind which cannot see good in others and which derives satisfaction in faults of others to justify with its own failures.
2006-12-24 15:07:39 · answer #4 · answered by Brahmanyan 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That, girl, is a hilarious song. Eric Idle is quite funny.
2006-12-24 15:37:15 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Ettejin of Wern 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In other words, anyone is capable of productive thinking, given that so many 'lushes' in history have made history! So, maybe your point/question should be this: given that so many 'geniuses' have been inebriates, why are so many of us so unproductive with our lives?
2006-12-24 15:20:55 · answer #6 · answered by Doctor J 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The long and short of it is that great philosophers are duds in real life!!
2006-12-24 15:00:15 · answer #7 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's definitely one of those songs that my friends and I enjoy singing when /we're/ particularly pissed.
Cheers!
2006-12-24 18:53:10 · answer #8 · answered by Liakela 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So,they were all disillusioned drunks.
2006-12-24 15:01:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah
2006-12-24 15:02:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋