The Philosophers' Football Match
The football game of the philosophers is a sketch by the Monty Python comedy group. The sketch shows a humorous coverage of the football finals of the philosophers in the Olympic Stadium in Munich (1972). It takes the German national team against the Greek national team. In Sketch among others play Archimedes ( John Cleese ), Socrates (Eric Idle), Hegel (Graham Chapman ), Nietzsche ( Michael Palin ), Marx ( Terry Jones) and Kant ( Terry Gilliam ).
The German team has reached the final by beating the team from England, which was said to be occupied excellent in midfield with Jeremy Bentham, John Locke and Thomas Hobbes. Confucius is the arbiter of the finale and is accompanied by the linesmen Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo. Both linesmen wear a halo. The coach of the German national team is Martin Luther. With kickoff of the game the philosophers go into their theories sunk around on the field. The ball goes unnoticed by both teams are at the center. Franz Beckenbauer, surprisingly nominated, appears very confused.
The sketch was except for the shots of the spectator stands turned Grünwalder street in the stadium. He was first seen in the second episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Game History
Nietzsche receives a yellow card after he accused Confucius that he owned no free will. Confucius, in turn, explains that this constituted a factual decision. Karl Marx is a substitute for Ludwig Wittgenstein. But this results in no way a better game. In the 90th minute Archimedes shouting " Eureka! " And animated the Greeks to use the football. Socrates turns the flank of Archimedes with a header in the last minute for the decisive goal. At the end of the piece the German debate over the gate; Hegel argues that reality is only one A -priori adjunct of non- naturalistic ethics is, according to Kant, the categorical imperative sees them as ontologically existing only in the imagination, and Marx Pleads offside.
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Spectators: Referee: Confucius
Football game of the philosophers in 2010
Inspired by the ideas of this Sketches, and with the full support of the surviving members of Monty Python, the football game of philosophers on 9 May 2010 was repeated at Wingate & Finchley 's Harry Abrahams Stadium (North London).
This " historical recapitulation " is an idea of the "Philosophy shops ", the instruction and training for primary school children offering. The group organizes practical philosophy lessons for children between 5 and 11 years in order to promote critical thinking. The hours are guided by philosophy students.
The philosopher AC Grayling and former England coach Graham Taylor ask the coaches of the two football teams represent, and the players are comedians like Mark Steel, Tony Hawks, Arthur Smith and Ariane Sherine, as well as philosophers including Julian Baggini, Nigel Warburton, Simon Glendinning, Stephen Law, Angie Hobbs and Mark Vernon. The game is by sociologist Laurie Taylor, John Humphrys ( BBC ) and the author Anthony Seldon supported.