Nietzsche was primarily known of all things to be an incredible thinker while Socrates gave many speeches to his students and Voltaire was known for being rather suave and had frequent sex with many women.) The Eastern Philosophers: Confucius: The philosopher that says each quality is also significant. (This line says the Western team is superior in every way, including philosophical thinking, giving speeches, sexual prowess, and more advanced as humans in general. We're better thinkers, better speakers, better lovers, better men! (The Western team states that it is obvious the Eastern team isn't on the same level of intelligence as them.) It's evident you've never been our type of mental brethren! The Westerners could be saying that things like Eastern medicine and philosophy are based around tradition while their Western counterparts involve actual thought.) This may also be comparing the traditional style of Western medicine which is founded upon biological and chemical research into curing diseases scientifically and originated in Greece, while traditional Eastern medicine is based around herbs and remedies passed down through generations and comes from ancient China.
This is also a play on words, as a yeast infection is an illness in which the yeast Candida, normally symbiotic in the human body, goes into overgrowth and causes a range of symptoms, such as thrush and varying degrees of irritation in both genders. The West will use their advantage in medicinal knowledge to remove the Eastern philosophers, who they claim are a disease. (Western minds of the past made many important discoveries in medicine. Here, however, he claims that not even he will question the fact that his team has wisdom and wit.)ĭropping Western medicine on these East infections! An idea often associated with him is that the wisest man is the one who's aware of his own ignorance. (As stated above, Socrates made a habit of questioning the supposed knowledge people had. We've got the wisdom and the wit that even I couldn't question! Voltaire was born in France, so he interjects by saying he's the French member of the group and, being the more optimistic, lighthearted and freethinking of the three, is humble by titling himself as a henchman of the other two.) The Western Philosophers: (Voltaire follows by introducing himself as well. Nietzsche was known to be one of these, so he calls himself the flyest one, or the most superior.) Voltaire: A nihilist is someone who follows nihilism, which is the belief that all religious and moral values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. Because of this, he was described by his student Plato as a "gadfly", annoying the placid Athenian citizens like a gadfly annoys the horses.) Nietzsche: He had the habit of making people aware of their own ignorance by asking them to explain the meaning of things they thought they knew, such as justice or piety. (Socrates is often known as the father of philosophy. The mad gadfly, philosophy was my invention! The second Greek usage is used as a pun and reference to Socrates coming from Greece.)
Socrates is saying that the Eastern philosophers have only brought weak lyrics to battle the Western philosophers who are assembled to "pimp slap" (backhand slap) the Eastern philosophers and educate them, like a symposium might. Secondly, a symposium was a drinking party held in Ancient Greece and was also the title of a work by Plato, Socrates' most famous student. Firstly, it is a conference-like meeting to discuss a particular topic, usually involving lectures and panels so people can learn more about certain subjects. (Symposium, in this case, has two meanings. Basically, Socrates is starting the battle with an uproar.)ĭon't bring limp raps to a pimp slap symposium! (The Acropolis of Athens is where Socrates taught. A pandemonium is a wild uproar or unrestrained disorder and a word originating from Ancient Greek. I'm coming off the Acropolis to start some pandemonium.