The Philosophers’ Football Match
Famous German philosophers (and one actual footballer) face off against the favoured Greek squad in this sketch from “Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl” (originally from their “Fliegender Zirkus”).
Tags: Football, Match, Philosophers


February 8th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
I love this skit. The first time I saw it I laughed so hard.
February 8th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
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February 8th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Alguém tinha que ter pelo menos uma idéia kkk
February 8th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
actually, if the dribbler with the ball has already beaten the last defender, there is not such thing as offsides, archimedes had already gotten past the last guy, so it doesn’t matter where Socrates is, he is onsides no matter what.
February 8th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
@klank99 As you can see, Socrates is ahead of Archimedes, and infront of all the germans. Pretty clear offside
February 8th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
How was Socrates offside?
February 8th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
so we can learn : marx was actually right
February 8th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Socrates was actully offside !!
February 8th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
“and Marx is claiming he was offside.”
February 8th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
haha beckenbauer is only there because of all of his quotes in german magazines and the press… he talks so much BS that it’s almost philosophical
February 8th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Q.E.D.
February 8th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
The only one I know is Walter Carnielli who is a top class logician. But maybe they get to include Socrates in their team who obtained a degree in philosophy after his retirement from futebol.
February 8th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
What philosophers?
February 8th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
This reminded me when Antartica played Siberia in the same tournament in an earlier tie…both sides were so niave they played football for the whole 90 minutes! What a meaningless,boring game! The match ended in a pointless 4-4 draw.
Thank God.,if he exists,for two classic sides like these two here.
February 8th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
I love seeing Nietzsche getting into a conflict with the refs, fairly appropriate.
February 8th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
We needed Khan. (smile)
February 8th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
socrates WAS offsides
February 8th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
But where are the Germans getting their motivation from to argue its no goal in the first place? Confucius awarding the goal is an act no less or more real than the ball finding the back of the net. For the Germans to argue no goal, they have to testify to the reality of Confucius awarding the goal. You can’t deny the goal’s reality, and yet accept the reality of Confucius’ awarding it.
Either accept both, or deny both. And if it’s the latter you choose, then theres nothing to argue about LOL
February 8th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
i love this video wittgenstien gets substituted for Karl marx
February 8th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
there’s beckenbauer
haha
February 8th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
this is quite an interesting way of playing sport
February 8th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
thats funny !
February 8th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
This is one version of futebol where Brazil wouldn’t dominate. With due respect to the philosophers of Brazil, they don’t have a very strong team.
February 8th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Also ironic was that he was arrested and executed by the greek government.
February 8th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
This is amazing.