Bruces' Philosophers Song - Philosophical References

Philosophical References

Some of the philosophers are portrayed according to their works.

• Kant being "very rarely stable" harkens to his theory of a stable universe.
• Nietzsche's teaching of the "raising of the wrist" possibly references the rising of the sun at the beginning of "Thus spoke Zarathustra." or simply the act of raising a drinking glass. It may also be a euphemism for masturbation, as Richard Wagner accused Nietzsche of masturbating too much.
• John Stuart Mill becoming ill "of his own free will" alludes to his work On Liberty, which argues for liberty that does no harm to others.
• The Descartes line, "I drink therefore I am", is a twist on his well known phrase "Cogito, ergo sum," or "I think therefore I am".