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December 11, 2012 7:25 AM

The Mostly German Philosophers Love Song
posted by anotherpanacea (21 comments total)

I'm going to Plato'gain! That was great!
posted by Philosopher Dirtbike at 7:30 AM on December 11, 2012

I was Saussure this would be lame, but it Russell'd up the puns and didn't Mill around.
posted by cthuljew at 7:53 AM on December 11, 2012 [2 favorites]

I wouldn't pay a Schelling for this. Id probably Hegel for an even lower price.
posted by reverend cuttle at 7:58 AM on December 11, 2012

So crates!
posted by Apropos of Something at 7:58 AM on December 11, 2012

Arendt you glad he left out Sloterdijk?
posted by Monsieur Caution at 7:58 AM on December 11, 2012 [2 favorites]

Monsieur Caution: "Arendt you glad he left out Sloterdijk?"

Yes, I am glad he Descarted it.
posted by Apropos of Something at 8:00 AM on December 11, 2012 [1 favorite]

I Wundt to mention I also Adorno puns involving Margwelaschwili.
posted by Monsieur Caution at 8:33 AM on December 11, 2012

ehrma-Gadamer-eally in lerv with the song!
*bows*
posted by reverend cuttle at 8:48 AM on December 11, 2012

wait, he already did that in the song, didn't he?
posted by reverend cuttle at 8:49 AM on December 11, 2012

Aristotle Aristotle what a sucker for the bottle
posted by infini at 9:08 AM on December 11, 2012

I kind of tried not to like this, but it made me smile in spite of myself.
posted by Alex404 at 9:45 AM on December 11, 2012

No pun intended, but his Townes Van Zandt cover is really good, too.
posted by cthuljew at 10:23 AM on December 11, 2012

Schiller? I hardly know 'er!
posted by BungaDunga at 10:31 AM on December 11, 2012

These guys Arendt half bad!
posted by Lutoslawski at 3:41 PM on December 11, 2012

I've Benjamin-in to read more German philosophy, actually.
posted by Lutoslawski at 3:42 PM on December 11, 2012

In fact, I think this Marx a new start to my German philosophy reading.
posted by Lutoslawski at 3:42 PM on December 11, 2012

Though I really prefer Popper songs to this folk stuff.
posted by Lutoslawski at 3:44 PM on December 11, 2012

I want to play this for my philosophy-loving friend, but I don't want to Schleiermacher.
posted by Lutoslawski at 3:47 PM on December 11, 2012

Eh, I think I'll Godel her anyway.
posted by Lutoslawski at 3:49 PM on December 11, 2012

This is great, I don't know how I missed it when you first posted. Outstanding.
posted by LobsterMitten at 7:45 PM on December 17, 2012

Also proof that youtube comments aren't all bad. The artist shows up to tell jokes!

Jeremy Boor 6 days ago
Why did Kant go to the plastic surgeon?
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srsiskind 6 days ago
why?!
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Jeremy Boor 6 days ago
To get a synthetic posterior.
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posted by anotherpanacea at 6:26 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]