Eastern Philosophers vs Western Philosophers. Epic Rap Battles of History

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Eastern Philosophers vs Western Philosophers. Epic Rap Battles of History
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Nietzsche: Nice Peter
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@arolemaprarath3248 3 жыл бұрын

When 6 smart students got a different answers.

@panaliv712 3 жыл бұрын

If they were.reslly smart they end up either with 1 or 2 opinions between them or with the same, all, obviously, really smart people integrate many layers of a topic and combine it with facts of all types, and their extensions combined with projection to probabilistic outcomes.. (drd1-4, histamine and glutamate of the same parts) = the above, likely, and perhaps for sume no shit.. (still too much varience even with childhood etc included as factors is the least possible so..)

@thecat293 3 жыл бұрын

This is actually true, every reply before me forgot to take that these students are philosophy students lmao

@greatestgianni 3 жыл бұрын

Like half of them got one and the other half got another but when they start to talk about it they each got the answer with different methods and start arguing

@Seriousgaymer 3 жыл бұрын

6 smart students dont exist

@luisyupari 3 жыл бұрын

@@panaliv712 The problem with smart people is that it gives a tendency to be a little arrogant. And they don't play well with others.

@yaswantha.1468 3 жыл бұрын

"Bitch, I wrote the art of War" -Sun Tzu, Art of War

@Nugcon 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite quote

@patricialie6631 3 жыл бұрын

@@Nugcon you mean the best quote

@quicksilver1646 3 жыл бұрын

I read it recently, and had no idea so much of it could be translated to technoblades videos

@dougdaledimmadomeownerofth4105 3 жыл бұрын

Sun tzu said that and I think he knows a lot more about war then you considering he invented it

@el760 3 жыл бұрын

So you better get your guns out

@BlewBerri Жыл бұрын

Sun Tzu telling Confucius’ eyebrows to fit better on his face whilst his are halfway up his forehead is pure comedic gold.

@lysipiggy3911 10 ай бұрын

You always teach what you Most have to learn .

@kaizoisevil 8 ай бұрын

And then Confucius talks about the to-go box hat when his hat looks more like a to-go box

@lots_of_people 3 ай бұрын

@@lysipiggy3911 so you are saying jesus needs to learn more about religions?

@BaneTheMan 3 ай бұрын

@@lots_of_peopleKinda yeah

@Anom_Anom 14 күн бұрын

@@lots_of_people Bro where did this come from?

@bobspot6534 Жыл бұрын

“Because I’m N I E T Z S C H E! And I’ll end any motherfucker like my name in a spelling bee!” By far one of the best lines in ERB history

@amadeus1604 6 ай бұрын

2:19 For relevant time stamp

@osurac14vlb 4 ай бұрын

this line unironically helped me learn how to spell it lol

@Dante2056 3 ай бұрын

That and Stephen Hawking's, "There are 10 million, million, million, million, million, million, million particles in the universe that we can observe." (I may have missed a million or two)

@salifscott4664 3 ай бұрын

It's definitely one of the lines ever

@mr_pigman1013 3 ай бұрын

@@Dante2056yo mama took the ugly ones and put them into one nerd

@_hexes_ 5 жыл бұрын

All the philosophers end up arguing with each other... Sounds about right

@GrimmReaperz95 5 жыл бұрын

woosh

@TRPD-hb3ui 5 жыл бұрын

@@GrimmReaperz95 ?

@leonardovadisirisak1069 5 жыл бұрын

So I guess... the Hegelian dialectic seems to apply to even the most well-known of names. It’s a shame, I thought their would be at least truthful conformity.

@GrimmReaperz95 5 жыл бұрын

@@TRPD-hb3ui well that was philosophers do. They argue with each other with conflicting ideas and that was the one of points of the video. That's why they started arguing with each other.

@richardsantanna5398 5 жыл бұрын

@TrueGamerOpinion It's not ironic, dummy.

@raunaklanjewar677 3 жыл бұрын

This Nietzsche looks more Nietzsche than the original Nietzsche.

@kuramazov 3 жыл бұрын

how do you even pronounce his name correctly?

@sarthakrawat7748 3 жыл бұрын

@@kuramazov its knee cha

@capitaopacoca8454 3 жыл бұрын

@@sarthakrawat7748 onee chan?

@sarthakrawat7748 3 жыл бұрын

@@capitaopacoca8454 yare yare daze

@classicchessplayer7068 3 жыл бұрын

@@sarthakrawat7748 No knee che.(unless your British)

@Skan735 2 ай бұрын

The irony of Nietzsche's bar making me remember exactly how to spell his name while saying that spelling his name is impossible is not lost on me. Thank you for the mnemonic, ERB.

@SvanTowerMan 25 күн бұрын

Same. Now I know how to spell his name when I didn't before.

@aomais_ 15 күн бұрын

If I’m ever in a spelling bee for some reason and his name comes up, I got it 100%

@MrGetownedLP 5 ай бұрын

Potentially the best ERB 100%. The fact the philosophers turn on each other eventually because they are so obsessed with discussion, the switch up of the ending "WHAT IS WINNING?" LMAO... and MC Jin holding in his laughter at the very end when he delivers the last line is just the icing on the cake - BEST ERB TRUE

@meganleslie9069 3 ай бұрын

I think most philosophers are more obsessed with their own brilliance than the argument itself.

@leighasbell3624 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, the "WHAT IS WINNING?" just goes to show that this battle WAS a tie, but is DEFINITELY the best ERB.

@Shreysoldier Ай бұрын

Now I see that he was about to laugh at the end 😂

@nicoloandreon6237 Ай бұрын

Nietzsche believed that the Socratic spirit was the main threat to the Dionysian spirit the Ubermensch should seek. So it's funny that he's the one who doesn’t want to be called a student of socrates

@yourmom66600 17 күн бұрын

Real, this was WAY TOO CREATIVE of a rap battle

@OcarinaOfTime 3 жыл бұрын

Philosophy students when they're drunk:

@1stpowermasterdestroyer98 3 жыл бұрын

100th like

@Alienlover859 3 жыл бұрын

I want to like it, but the burnout philosopher in me doesn't want to disrupt them 420 likes.

@ryanmuller4996 3 жыл бұрын

Who the hell studies philosophy lmao 💀

@ohivonmenisunuoya 3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanmuller4996 people, that's who

@tjrex9458 3 жыл бұрын

@@Alienlover859 You're making me cetic, *How can i be sure you press like on it UHMMMMM?*

@giorgosskordilis7004 7 жыл бұрын

The beat dropped harder than democracy in Greece

@greekmemezelos6098 7 жыл бұрын

Sergeant George omg xD

@ethankim2679 7 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@kkoron7908 7 жыл бұрын

Sergeant George ooh haha you are so funny..h..aha..ha...-_- fuck off nolifer

@giorgosskordilis7004 7 жыл бұрын

Andreas Konstantinos ,μάλιστα ...

@kkoron7908 7 жыл бұрын

Sergeant George wste ellinas e?

@fammyboy7519 2 ай бұрын

the 'What is winning?' at the end really got me.

@DR-ts4eh Жыл бұрын

Funny that after all these years I still find myself going back to this one. One of the best ERB's ever done.

@acutelilmint8035 Жыл бұрын

It’s catchy

@SevenSiIIySins 8 ай бұрын

Same there’s just so many meanings behind each line it’s crazy

@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 26 күн бұрын

It truly is an epic rap battle of history, as much as I like the show. This one more than any other fulfills the premise of the title. This and the Russian leaders ERB are the 2 best imo.

@michealflaithbheartaigh4139 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that Sun Tzu actually performed the Art of War by turning them on themselves was amazing

@ryangrear3430 3 жыл бұрын

so much in this video is perfect especially that they all turn on themselves since really none of these people would actually like each other as they all have drastically different opinions on the world (Socrates and Confucius are probably the most similar and even the they really aren't all that close) and yea sun tzu recognizing that and exploiting it also makes sense

@Zenovarse 3 жыл бұрын

@@ryangrear3430 Confucius and Laozi were people of the same period by popular history, and Laozi was a very much respected by Confucius, and they have had many discussions. Laozi mainly came up when Confucius's students asked him something and he would quote Laozi as an authoritative figure. E.g. in The Family Sayings of Confucius, Jikangzi asked Confucius: "I have long heard the names of the five emperors, yet I do not know what they are. I beg to ask therefore: what are the five emperors?" Confucius said: "In the past I have heard Laozi saying: 'There are five elements in this world: gold, wood, water, fire, earth and they combined and made all things. The Gods of these elements, Shaohao, Taihao, Zhuanxu, Yandi, Huangdi, are called the five emperors.'"

@user-sj9sd3ym3f 3 жыл бұрын

@@Zenovarse As a Chinese, I have to say the Sunzi (孙子) is not always considered as a philosophy in China，actually I would recommend Mozi (墨子) join in the battle. If you do not know who he is , well, he is more like some kind of commie in 3000 years ago. He favours something like Practice, equation, organization and discipline (Russian theme playing)

@thebackup2121 3 жыл бұрын

Love The Art of War, and love ERB's attention to detail leading to the battles developing in such a natural, intelligent and entertaining way 😄

@dan-us6nk 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-sj9sd3ym3f COMMMIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE (buck rounds gunshots and deep fry noises)

@thomasjenkins7506 8 жыл бұрын

this one isn't settled yet. needs more.

@petertraicer 8 жыл бұрын

+Thomas Jenkins PLEASEEEEE

@ellenmayo2233 8 жыл бұрын

+Thomas Jenkins YEEEEES

@mari-fc4ec 8 жыл бұрын

+Thomas Jenkins This needs rematch!

@maxsmith8196 8 жыл бұрын

+Thomas Jenkins grass mask?

@theejabroni 8 жыл бұрын

They better get Dumbfoundead on the next one if they do

@gregfam7380 4 ай бұрын

“free speech doesn’t mean keep yapping” goes crazy

@nosneb_ 5 ай бұрын

Easily one of my favorite ERB rap battles

@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 26 күн бұрын

They still hear liking comments from a 9 year old video. Wild. Youre right though. This is one of the best.

@DaveZilla02 9 жыл бұрын

Ah, the ancient Chinese art of... beatboxing...

@nvrguru22 9 жыл бұрын

Lol and the guy playing him is Korean

@KiwiImpactSaint 9 жыл бұрын

NVR guru Korea inherited more Chinese cultures than modern China. True fact.

@sthsfngsj 9 жыл бұрын

True that Korea was largely infuenced from ancient China, but it doesnt mean Korea was once part of China. Chinese empires didnt bother Koreans maintain their independent rule.

@wansimon2266 9 жыл бұрын

Derrick Liu Because most Chinese people today don't care about their traditional culture,especially youngsters.Even some cultures have been gradually forgotten by people, it would be better some people could inherite them,thus these cultures will never disappear.

@KiwiImpactSaint 9 жыл бұрын

Ini Miney I have, honestly.

@TotallyNotJustCynical 3 жыл бұрын

A battle of philosophers could only really end in them all squabbling amongst themselves. I love it.

@betaversion1029 3 жыл бұрын

The number of likes you already have show the amount of revisits this thing gets

@the_j_machine2254 3 жыл бұрын

My comments never get that many likes on new videos. You got this many on an old video. By the way, Nietzsche is best and Sun Tzu is worst.

@diomarmorales6303 3 жыл бұрын

No one is gonna talk about Timmy delaghetto being on this

@jacksonsainsbury8523 3 жыл бұрын

"1:48"

@Mauxbius 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like a philosopher would debate you on that

@Eph_Wilson 8 ай бұрын

At 2:35 you can see Sun Tzu sneaking over to watch them with binoculars. The "turn them on themselves" precept he teaches is generally titled "OBSERVE Fire From Opposite Shore." It all fits!

@thomasjones4570 4 күн бұрын

He isnt a philosopher though. The book is on military strategy.

@yue6705 3 күн бұрын

@@thomasjones4570 Military philosophy is what he is primarily known for (Art of war). Military strategy would be more akin to the 36 stratagems, which is once again different from military tactics. They are three different things that are often misconstrued

@thomasjones4570 3 күн бұрын

@@yue6705 That is incorrect sir. The Art of War is only viewed as a philosophy in the business world and still incorrectly. In the military world it is a strategy and is taught so even at West Point as it tells how to be an effective military commander. Philosophy requires inquiry to reflect on its own concepts. The Art of War has zero of that and is thus not a philosophy at all. Its a guidebook. Basically, its a philosophy to people who have no idea what the word even means.

@cloroxbleach9222 8 ай бұрын

To this day Im still shocked at how deep and well researched ERB raps are, there are so many layers of history hidden in the lyrics it makes these so rewatchable even if you know the entire story

@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 26 күн бұрын

I was a teenager when these started and was huge into history since I was a child. Some references took me until my 20s and more historical study to get. They put a lot of effort into the lyrics, it’s great.

@AxelCross 7 жыл бұрын

"What is winning"

@ulricmorningstar3524 7 жыл бұрын

winning is winning!

@TheTornado1234 7 жыл бұрын

Ulric, you are a wise man...

@ulricmorningstar3524 7 жыл бұрын

ben no one is realy wise, juste no so stupide than everyone.

@dariushcreates 7 жыл бұрын

that was a very "philosophical" question they went with XD

@ulricmorningstar3524 7 жыл бұрын

yep

@Zero21kr 5 жыл бұрын

Damn, this East Coast West Coast shit has been going on since the dawn of time...

@Nabo42 4 жыл бұрын

I laughed way harder at this than I should have.

@jessicachanning2447 4 жыл бұрын

🏆

@user-od8vx2ei9g 4 жыл бұрын

i’m crying 👏👏👏😂

@joshuaswanson1977 4 жыл бұрын

This comment is greatly underrated.

@akianderson4913 4 жыл бұрын

Oh damn, Such Perspective! Hahaha

@seanblack3919 Жыл бұрын

I like how they delivered bigger burns against their own teamates than against the other team.

@LearningChristianityIsAProcess 2 ай бұрын

2:57 A bowl is most useful when it is empty because there are more possibilities with it. If you had a bowl full of cereal, that would eliminate the possibilities of it being filled with soup or ramen, but if it was an empty bowl there is more possibilities.

@IAOIceland1984 Ай бұрын

However an empty bowl serves no purpose it is only hypothetically useful, once you've filled it with something now it is fulfilling it's purpose and is of much more use

@sanvan5245 Ай бұрын

You need to fill your bowl with some shit that makes some sense

@qusai05 25 күн бұрын

what if you eat the cereal

@fredfp 22 күн бұрын

The fun thing is that the actual quote is more similar to "a bowl is more useful WHERE it's empty", not when. Supposedly it should mean that the thing that makes a bowl useful is precisely the fact that it has a hollowed out part. For me it's about learning to value the "negative spaces", such as a moment of rest in a full day, or the pauses in a speech that give it more weight, and so on.

@raythaneelarquero9204 22 күн бұрын

@@qusai05you fill it anew, and it becomes twice as useful now.

@peaceloveandlightworker8958 7 жыл бұрын

I've never forgotten how to spell "Nietzsche" since watching this video

@Yvaelle 7 жыл бұрын

Though I'm sure the other kids at the spelling bee were pretty intimidated when you threatened to 'end them' :)

@antraut839 7 жыл бұрын

me too

@jkyle1018 7 жыл бұрын

It's my favorite part of the song and the only reason I can spell his name.

@kaitospin3944 7 жыл бұрын

I still can't lol

@levoncook5529 7 жыл бұрын

lmao

@LukaM0 8 жыл бұрын

This is the best ERB ever made... nietzsche is fucking savage.

@rainwmv 8 жыл бұрын

true

@hamiamsandwitch6571 8 жыл бұрын

No the russian one is

@olivial247 8 жыл бұрын

Who's the Russian one?? O.o

@hamiamsandwitch6571 8 жыл бұрын

+Olivia L rap battle im talking about

@isolatedfleet9369 8 жыл бұрын

It's up there but I think Jim Henson vs Stan Lee is better

@Sofa_Muncher Жыл бұрын

this is probably my favourite ERB of all time, so harmonius and it just exploded into chaos. Masterful work

@AppleAPlusAntApplebeesAAABatte Жыл бұрын

agreed, i loved the part where Voltaire said "Let me be frank: don't start beef with the Frank, Who hangs with B. Franks, giving ladies beef franks!"

@kablutoxyz 24 күн бұрын

Nietzsche claiming he could end anyone in a spelling bee, while simultaneously dropping the line that caused me to never spell Nietzsche wrong again.

@AbrahamLincoln4 3 жыл бұрын

"Move bitch, get out the way!" This is the best crossover in history.

@vwgames49 3 жыл бұрын

I thought you were dead

@varun2904 3 жыл бұрын

@@vwgames49 he comes in every video of ERB when US presidents come.

@DustyDaniel 3 жыл бұрын

@@varun2904 he wasn't in trump vs biden

@rogergonie1251 3 жыл бұрын

@@vwgames49 he catched the bullet with his skull

@johnkennedy9163 3 жыл бұрын

@Keyan Halfacre True, he really doesn't.

@Coratlan 4 жыл бұрын

I thought Lao Tzu's "move bitch get out the way" line was random but i just learned that Dao from daoism (the philosophy Lao Tzu contributed to) means "The way"

@Sojju7 4 жыл бұрын

Well daoism is more like a spiritual path that has a clear philosophy, not strictly a philosophy

@piotrgorski5384 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. We get that reference 5 years ago. It was very clever.

@ceral1079 4 жыл бұрын

Not only that - when Lao Tzu wanted to leave "China" (he just traveled further to the West and was never seen again) a guy guarding some border blocked his path. Wanting prove that it is indeed LT, LT procceeded to write down his entire philosophy just to get him out of the way. At least that's what Richard Wilhelm wrote in his preface of the Dao de Ging, if I remember correctly. It's been a while

@Sojju7 4 жыл бұрын

@@ceral1079 yeah but as a Taoist myself I must say to you that this tale is a myth, a symbolic teaching of Lao Tzu wisdom. Probably never happened, the very existence of Lao Tzu is debatable. He may be himself a symbolic figure to represent a tradition of sage masters that discovered the nature of the Tao. He is considered by Taoist the perfect immortal, the model to reach in order to be in union with the Tao.

@ceral1079 4 жыл бұрын

@@Sojju7 Oh I know that chances are he as in an individual didn't exist, which is why I referred to the preface. I should have been more specific about the "probably never happened" part, that's true. Thanks for the clarification!

@midoriyee Жыл бұрын

Nietzsche's part unironially helped me remember his name's spelling on a test

@princesssilvosa521 Жыл бұрын

This will always be my favourite Rap Battle. Idk why I'm so hooked to this rap battle (its excellent and addicting). And I'll gladly let myself be hooked to this hahaha

@panpan3303 4 жыл бұрын

That bit on the end “what is winning?” Is criminally underated

@thirun779 4 жыл бұрын

True. Never noticed it till now.

@captainpuff1238 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@boehrb 4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps the most poignant part

@Raz.C 4 жыл бұрын

"Me No Third Reichy" is too!!!

@dershogun6396 4 жыл бұрын

[insert philosophy_joke here]

@randyjones3050 2 жыл бұрын

I like how this battle mirrors every philosophical debate on the internet. It starts out on point then devolves into comparing someone to Hitler and telling them to suck balls.

@mariustan9275 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@aj9777 2 жыл бұрын

One big part of that. "Internet". Tells you all you need to know lol

@Halcon_Sierreno 2 жыл бұрын

What did people get compared to before Hitler.

@aj9777 2 жыл бұрын

@@Halcon_Sierreno evil was not conceived before Hitler's birth

@Halcon_Sierreno 2 жыл бұрын

@@aj9777 That's ignorant.

@KindleVR 6 ай бұрын

“Now that we’ve covered the two Yin and Yang twins, I can move on to Jackie Chan”💀

@gowhite 9 ай бұрын

Easily one THE most sick beats in ERB history! 🔥🔥

@xp_studios7804 Жыл бұрын

The fact that Socrates, Voltaire, and Nietzsche didn't devolve into yelling at each other until halfway through is honestly an incredible achievement

@rileyjweigelt Жыл бұрын

Y'all forgot that Sun Tzu was in this, right? Ik it was a joke, but I'm just saying HE was the main reason the West started fighting each other

@elysahatestostudy9364 Жыл бұрын

The unity of racism

@Xilir2009 Жыл бұрын

@@elysahatestostudy9364 You symbolize the unity of stupidity

@TheSuperSlavOfHistory Жыл бұрын

@@elysahatestostudy9364 Nah bro, no unity of racism without the austrian painter leading it

@taurock96 Жыл бұрын

Europe be like "Let's celebrate what unites us all : Xenophobia !"

@thisisawesomeeeeeeee 8 жыл бұрын

I hate that this isn't even close to their most popular one

@realfartsmella 8 жыл бұрын

Me too. This one's easily in my top 5.

@DickePerserkatze 7 жыл бұрын

Which one is their most popular one? Too lazy to look up myself^^

@realfartsmella 7 жыл бұрын

Darius I Obama vs Romney

@greenekj6 7 жыл бұрын

It's not popular because no one knows who Voltaire, Nietzsche, Sun Tzu, or Lao Tzu are.

@trymex9168 7 жыл бұрын

Sad that this battle is one of there lowest videos, they're not at popular as the ones with 100m

@hatchetman3662 Жыл бұрын

This is one of the best you guys ever dropped. I love the beat.

@realgod1002 7 ай бұрын

i wanna say this is 1 of the best rap battles to show how amazing the costume makers are. the costumes for the Western Philosophers are so well detailed

@kaen_tqk3918 4 жыл бұрын

Sun Tzu: *successfully turns their opponents against themselves* Lao Tzu: *I'm about to ruin our victory*

@kikiretzorg1467 4 жыл бұрын

Laozi's remark actually flew over Sun Tzu's head. It basically translates to "we win by doing nothing at this point, so let's just not fuck it up."

@clockworkkirlia7475 4 жыл бұрын

@@kikiretzorg1467 "So long as nobody starts *us* arguing, they'll destroy themselves." "LEEEROOOOY-"

@bestpseudonym1693 4 жыл бұрын

@Daniel von Strangle The more accurate translation of Las Tzu's famous saying is "it's the empty space that makes the bowl useful" which like much of eastern philosophy has both metaphorical and literal meaning; metaphorically it sort-of means an absence of an action is sometimes more powerful than acting.

@Jake-dh9qk 4 жыл бұрын

@@bestpseudonym1693 Ironically, Lao Tzu shouldn't have brought up the empty bowl rhetoric because that was the opposite of not doing anything.

@lowlsqwid 4 жыл бұрын

@@Jake-dh9qk he was just sayin just sit back and vibe as they destroy themselves. No point in using a bowl still filled with shit.

@LlamaSupreme 8 жыл бұрын

Probably the best battle when it comes to lyrics and references they've done. Pure genius.

@ChrisKoraltan 8 жыл бұрын

not to mention the best arrangement making a 3 on 3 battle

@LukaM0 8 жыл бұрын

agree

@dacypher22 8 жыл бұрын

Yep you can tell there was some serious studying on this one and I honestly think 3 or 4 of their best lines ever are packed in about 2 minutes of this battle.

@benpaton5796 8 жыл бұрын

It is not just the epic references but also the fact that the references are the criticisms that are proffered.

@MegaRenegade1000 8 жыл бұрын

can't believe i never seen this one before... quite hilarious...

@les6447 3 ай бұрын

One of ERB's most creative rap battles to this date, especially now that we all understand what these philosophical greats were talking about.

@yhariabraws9292 Ай бұрын

Currently Jul 1st 2024 and I get this OG ass video on my recommended videos😭😭 love it

@m1a181 7 жыл бұрын

"A rap of a thousand words, starts with a single sick beat" - Lao Tzu

@dyslexicbatman6234 6 жыл бұрын

Words of wisdom

@emmanuelbanda6359 5 жыл бұрын

Dope

@iancuPotcoava24 5 жыл бұрын

@@emmanuelbanda6359 sorry but wasn't Ghandi the one who said something similar to that?

@bluntstealer420 5 жыл бұрын

@Mr.BlitsyBuss Wtf?

@nordy4981 5 жыл бұрын

Mr.BlitsyBuss Um don’t post that in comments...

@randomthings5383 4 жыл бұрын

Voltaire: *tries to calm down socrates* Socrates: *insults Voltaire* Voltaire: *So you have chosen...death*

@WBlake-vy3qq 4 жыл бұрын

Can't like this comment as oft as I want

@mungunshagaibuyantugs8189 4 жыл бұрын

No it’s wrong Voltaire: So you have chosen...Beef Frank

@b3nt079 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta serve your Frank's hard

@user-sv7lh3qs7g 4 жыл бұрын

Voltaire: *B E E F* *F R A N K*

@616Regis 4 жыл бұрын

@@mungunshagaibuyantugs8189 Death by Beef Frank :-P

@JustJakeTravel Жыл бұрын

I understand a lot more now getting older and its even better than when i first watched/listened. Erb is art. Erb is a gift

@nathanrichardson8402 4 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh, this is absolutely the best video I have ever watched in my entire life! I had my eyes full of tears both because of the truth but also because of the laughter… These men are just incredibly gifted, and I’ve just watched the first video. I have no idea if there are others but I am now their greatest fan.

@brandonhughes4076 Жыл бұрын

I love that all the others drop some life philosophy shit while Sun Tzu, in true fashion, came to throw hands

@killme5630 Жыл бұрын

Bro wrote the art of throwing hands what do you expect

@a_person5853 Жыл бұрын

And Voltaire's rap was just he slept with more women so

@b2w3w Жыл бұрын

@@a_person5853 Thats kinda all that Voltaire did, other than like just writing letters about "we should be allowed to speak freely" which is what john locke already did

@DickEnchilada Жыл бұрын

@Bidoofen hold on, he also wrote Candide which was an attack on Leibniz's "best of all possible worlds" through the mechanism of Pangloss. Saying he was only about free speech undermines Voltaire tbh

@EEEEEEEE Жыл бұрын

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@stormium1566 7 жыл бұрын

Rematch with more philosophers for both sides.

@nexusnova6852 7 жыл бұрын

agreed

@jrthehunter4309 7 жыл бұрын

XstormageddonX agreed. I wish they included Alan Watts. He's my favorite philosopher.

@anshelahmad3433 7 жыл бұрын

Hell yea, and they bring in Martin Luter Jr. and Gandhi to finish off for each side

@nexusnova6852 7 жыл бұрын

+Ashnel Ahmad Martin Luther Jr. was a good man, but he was a theologian and not a philosopher.

@MistiriousStranger1 7 жыл бұрын

Was Siddhartha Gautama a philosopher?

@matthewrincon6270 25 күн бұрын

WHAT IS WINNING?? is still the greatest outro to any ERB

@harubutjojo Жыл бұрын

It's crazy how much though they put into this battle. With each rappers lyrics matching their state of philosophy, they way each "rival" was placed against each other due to the clashes in their styles of philosophy, Sun Tzu using the art of war to turn the westerners on themselves only for the easterners' own clashes in their way of thinking also causing conflict. Even including some modern rap references with Method Man and Move Bitch the latter of which was also used as a double entendre to reference the work thay Lao Tzu had made. They really put thought into every single line. Easy top 5 battle.

@tigerwolf2243 2 жыл бұрын

Winner: Sun Tsu Loser: Also Sun Tsu He divided the other team, than he divided his own.

@Madara_Uchiha69420 2 жыл бұрын

Sun Tzu perfectly performed art of war with perfect sense of perfection

@mariustan9275 2 жыл бұрын

@@Madara_Uchiha69420 Pretty much

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 2 жыл бұрын

His success went to far

@mirceapintelie361 2 жыл бұрын

was he a mathematician?🤔

@volkanbora9849 2 жыл бұрын

Lao Tzu divided his team, Sun Tzu just continued. Winner: Confichus

@donFranko99 3 жыл бұрын

After watching this 374 times ive noticed little Sun smiling in the background when westeners starts to argue and its absolutely hilarious

@donFranko99 3 жыл бұрын

Even more impressive is that after 5 years you still read the comments under your videos, im honestly honored

@cigarettes_and_lollipops 3 жыл бұрын

and taking pics hahah

@narindrathalia6422 3 жыл бұрын

At watch time?

@KalosianParadox 3 жыл бұрын

@@narindrathalia6422 Around 2:43 lol

@thurmanthomas8342 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Thatdude_888 2 ай бұрын

When the philosophy teacher leaves the classroom that’s full of foreign students with the European kids

@aaronsirois7032 9 ай бұрын

Oh my god. I’ve watched this like thirty times over the years and now just got that Uber pun.

@bagah.s4908 4 жыл бұрын

After all this time i realised that Nietzsche didn't turn on Socrates just for the plot, in reality , Nietzsche really hated the ideas of Socrates

@idonnow2 4 жыл бұрын

Then Socrates gets mad at Nietzsche for calling him "plebe" not because of the insult at face value but because the Athenian plebe literally voted for him to be executed, which is one of the main reasons why Plato would subsequently be critical of democracy as the rule of the mob

@isaiahwilson4943 4 жыл бұрын

Damn, ERB put some deep thought into these raps.

@caffemocca8855 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite rap battle. Of course it's deep.

@lewistranmer2399 4 жыл бұрын

Isaiah Wilson they always do. Based on how well you know your history the better their videos are. If You know the ins and outs then the raps get 3x as complex

@Hlodolog 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed, he was one of the first to actually dedicate his studies to pre-socratic philosophers.

@aamnainfebruary Жыл бұрын

You know you’ve grown intellectually when you revisit an ERB rap battle and are actually understanding it

@automaticcreation2271 Жыл бұрын

Yessir

@loupeuu Жыл бұрын

Damn so much, they work so much for all or there songs

@simplicitas5113 Жыл бұрын

Lao Tzu is the greateat of these irl no cap

@belckroz1952 Жыл бұрын

God deamn hello

@iforget6940 Жыл бұрын

@@simplicitas5113 like all of them but Nietzsche calls out more to me becuase he gave form to what i have felt and provides a way to get over it and that anzi thing was all his sisters doing i have just watched lectures of these guys but my plan is to still read them. But loa tzu is one my favorite philosophers.

@youngval312 Жыл бұрын

I love how angry Nietzche is the entire time. That's peak ERB for me.

@potipotiron 9 ай бұрын

Coming back to this ERB out of pure nostalgia, it now feels like an Age of Empires 2 chatroom with players trashing each other with some mild roleplay

@kaylagachalife1070 4 жыл бұрын

The “What is Winning?” kills me everytime.

@Tkieron 4 жыл бұрын

Me too. Then he goes QUIET!

@michaelgiffen7541 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't even get it until last year lmao

@sebassharass 4 жыл бұрын

gaining, resulting in, or relating to victory in a contest or competition.

@anakpinguin3942 4 жыл бұрын

I just get it

@vineetsharma6346 4 жыл бұрын

Philosophy joke

@FingerBreakerWu 9 жыл бұрын

This should have been the season finale.

@wheatnip859 9 жыл бұрын

Definitely!! Best one yet imo

@codigomorton 9 жыл бұрын

+TheReivenlocke if they had done that, we would not have the "What is winning?" joke. This should have been the season 4 second half debut, but probably they not finished it on time.

@JoeKell365 9 жыл бұрын

+TheReivenlocke this or the directors battle

@JoeKell365 9 жыл бұрын

i know that. i was just saying it might have been better off as the finale instead of the one they chose

@JoeKell365 9 жыл бұрын

they said in the BTS for Ghostbusters vs MythBusters that they were tired of that pairing. there will never be a part 4

@stephenjames2159 Ай бұрын

I love that, true to life, Sun Tzu did everything needed to win just to have his allies get jealous and stab him in the back.

@Dubstepper Жыл бұрын

I love these team battles cuz I feel like so much is happening that you can get like mini-side battles out if it.

@benjaminrichards679 4 жыл бұрын

For those who don't know, this is Peter's favorite battle

@vidakgrujic827 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, mine too

@clenjones5748 4 жыл бұрын

No one cares.

@iwantnumber9676 4 жыл бұрын

@@clenjones5748 you cared enough to reply and click on this comment

@clenjones5748 4 жыл бұрын

I want number 9 I care enough that Peter is a little bitch.

@iwantnumber9676 4 жыл бұрын

@@clenjones5748 So someone did care

@deimmartillo1674 3 жыл бұрын

Socrates' rap: I started everything. Nietzsche's rap: I am the best. Laozi's rap: I am the humblest. Sun Tzu's rap: I am the smartest. Confucius's rap: I am the wisest. Voltaire's rap: I slept with more women than you all.

@miccool9ice363 2 жыл бұрын

Socrates:”I will pick apart your wu with my method man” Sun Tzu: [shit I better work fast or I am done for] For those that don’t know Socrates’ method was infamous for tearing apart things and breaking them done to components so flawed they became meaningless. Also his dominant presence allowed him to not only gain control but manipulated others into submission with ease (tactic did not hold up well in court when the jury was able take a moment and think without his influence)

@siddhartashakara5240 2 жыл бұрын

Being and becoming are, indeed, paths of distinct perspective. Therefore they cannot be, they may any be in the way of becoming and manifesting. But yeah, Voltaire was such a P.I.M.P

@altaccountorg7261 2 жыл бұрын

“If the ladies were ugly it doesn’t count” Sun tzu the art of war

@major2026 2 жыл бұрын

@@miccool9ice363 That line was also a pun on Method Man which was by the Wu Tang Clan.

@miccool9ice363 2 жыл бұрын

@@major2026 So it was a triple entendre, Awesome

@tysonthomas7094 9 ай бұрын

ERB does its homework! So many history references.... its almost like they need to show this in History classes! Probably would be better than most public schools anyways!

@Vickyanimates 11 ай бұрын

Imagine being a philospher, and then 21 centuries later someone creates this with you in it

@dark_o 4 жыл бұрын

The true winning team is the one that dissed itself better. Now that’s really philosophical.

@captainpuff1238 4 жыл бұрын

*Togoboxhat*

@hanz263 4 жыл бұрын

Asian dissed itself better

@raspberrycrowns9494 4 жыл бұрын

*when you're not even good at dissing yourself*

@aldlizulvaa7296 4 жыл бұрын

@@hanz263 jj

@aldlizulvaa7296 4 жыл бұрын

@@captainpuff1238 ju

@KYOH777 4 жыл бұрын

That SARS joke aged better than I would’ve liked (edit: wow. Still relevant in 09/21) 😒

@andyjc9535 4 жыл бұрын

sheesh lmao

@romarssieverything9667 4 жыл бұрын

lolol

@chrislowe447 4 жыл бұрын

Chillll🤣🤣🤣🤣

@chickencollection2318 4 жыл бұрын

i love that SARS joke

@thenjdevilsfanatic 4 жыл бұрын

Kyoh you’re right

@AndresHughesSalavera 7 ай бұрын

After all these years, this is still the best one.

@RAYNEL 8 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, that beat was fire

@shabarish2727 8 жыл бұрын

yes it was

@manitrippleg7077 8 жыл бұрын

+Shabarish Ramaswamy ikr

@Dongo161 8 жыл бұрын

That was legitness

@shabarish2727 8 жыл бұрын

kymani ferguson ya

@bill3291 8 жыл бұрын

+RaynelFX the best thing in it

@mattdisagoat9196 7 жыл бұрын

"I'll end any motherfucker like like my name in a spelling bee." -Fucking great, just fucking great

@ashthecash5076 7 жыл бұрын

Excel Ghent j

@soare776 7 жыл бұрын

Icedude00 Captain ?

@carmelarouk 7 жыл бұрын

it means "Nietzsche' is a difficult name to spell, and it'll be a slight surprise if it was used in a spelling bee competition

@robochop1957 7 жыл бұрын

Icedude00 not really

@chinsaw2727 7 жыл бұрын

Icedude00 I agree

@leighasbell3624 3 ай бұрын

Every line in this battle is so frickin savage. That's what makes it so good!

@Dante2056 2 ай бұрын

I love coming back to these and noticing things I didn't before. Like Lao Tzu's reactions behind Sun Tzu when he and Confucius are going after each other.

@MrFancy-rs3qy 5 жыл бұрын

History teacher: so what happened to the philosophers Me: well it's complicated

@thepanther212 5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Fancy I just laughed my head of when I read this please tell me you came up with that

@coffinfeeder7732 5 жыл бұрын

Philosophers still exist, little jimmy... it isn’t an arcane title relegated to the men of old, there just hasn’t been many with the cultural significance of those presented in the video since.

@Cadomi 5 жыл бұрын

Joe Jane Its a joke comment...

@kev1257ful 5 жыл бұрын

Joe Jane I think the most famous modern-day philosopher would have to be Zizek, his personality sets him apart from the rest

@coffinfeeder7732 5 жыл бұрын

Cadomi It’s a really, really, really, shitty attempt at humor bereft of any thought.

@honeyham6788 3 жыл бұрын

Voltaire rapping 4 different definitions of the word "Frank" is the best part of this entire rap

@TwoToneShoes 3 жыл бұрын

Not just "frank" but "Be Frank"

@RC-ty5ym 3 жыл бұрын

@@TwoToneShoes beef Franks

@Alex-xp2lb 3 жыл бұрын

@@RC-ty5ym who hangs with B. Franks.

@lizisverycool8711 3 жыл бұрын

Technically only three. Two were name, and the other 2 were unique. I guess you could argue that Frank and Frank are different words when talking about yourself or others but still technically 3.

@fulgurobaboon1321 3 жыл бұрын

Either best part of this rap or of this entire channel

@1985ArchitectHakenFan 3 ай бұрын

This is one of the most epic ERB’s

@anonimanonim2710 Жыл бұрын

"East infections"! Whoever comes up with stuff needs a raise!😂😂😂

@Thegolddraco 9 жыл бұрын

Judas vs Brutus : ones of the greatest traitors in history

@Tiger29532 9 жыл бұрын

I would like to see Judas vs Benedict Arnold

@Navi-rb3zp 9 жыл бұрын

Explosive Magic and me xD

@jc8153 9 жыл бұрын

Benedict was being treated like shit, though. Judas vs Brutus sounds better

@normpearii 9 жыл бұрын

Why not all 3 of them? Judas vs Brutus vs Arnold vs more traitors Similar to the Russian video, just keep stacking them til the most traitorous traitor.

@TheCommandosev 9 жыл бұрын

Thegolddraco judas vs lando calrissian more like it.

@stressedbirb1502 2 жыл бұрын

Sun Tzu sneaking around and smirking in the background when he turned Western philosophers against each other is a really nice touch

@AirQuotes 2 жыл бұрын

Haha have I never noticed that before 👀💀

@PretzelBoi726 Жыл бұрын

Ive been watching this video for 5 years. I never noticed that lmao

@zachsmith5877 Жыл бұрын

Just noticed that too lmao. Flanking the enemy

@Kiss_My_Aspergers Жыл бұрын

How did I never notice that before‽ 🤯😂

@VaughanRoderick Жыл бұрын

Yet in the true Chinese way as soon as dialogue opened between them they fell apart.

@adamgoss3638 9 ай бұрын

I do have one question, why does Sun Tzu make fun of Confucius' eyebrows when HE's the one with the extreme eyebrows, and Confucius talks about Sun's "to-go-box hat" when Confucius is the only one wearing a hat??

@SevenSiIIySins 9 ай бұрын

FR LOL

@bernirn 3 ай бұрын

Here is just characterization, but IRL, Confucius's eyebrows grew outside his face and Sun Tzu used to wear a small, square box-like hat.

@thuytran-io1wf 11 ай бұрын

Undisputedly the best ERB in my opinion

@WashingMachine. Жыл бұрын

I love how after Nietzsche and Socrates argue, Nietzsche just turns around and starts plotting like hes gonna murder him

@dispensergoinup Жыл бұрын

he def was

@italianbuffoon9953 Жыл бұрын

then when the frank segment starts he just turns around violently

@AppleAPlusAntApplebeesAAABatte Жыл бұрын

@@italianbuffoon9953 "Let me be Frank! Don't start beef with the Frank! Who hangs with B. Franks giving ladies Beef Franks!"

@saucy743 10 ай бұрын

@@AppleAPlusAntApplebeesAAABatte Voltaire was a great womanizer

@zyriantel9601 9 ай бұрын

@@AppleAPlusAntApplebeesAAABatte Incidentally, I just got an ad for hot dogs at the end of this video. XD

@FrozenShadow007 3 жыл бұрын

“Why don’t you tell your eyebrows to fit better on your face?” -the man with the largest eyebrows in the video

@8h723 3 жыл бұрын

Look at Lao Tzu when he says that too

@amarsinghrathore5424 3 жыл бұрын

That was pun intended 😂

@maxrichards3881 3 жыл бұрын

In the next line, Confucius is the one with the to-go box hat, not Sun Tzu.

@Sillimant_ 3 жыл бұрын

There was no pun there, idiot

@becomingsentient1208 3 жыл бұрын

@@maxrichards3881 That always bothered me. It seems that they had the character designs planned out, but forgot which was which when they wrote these last few lines.

@dougtheghoul2845 15 күн бұрын

Definitely on the top of my favorite erb so many years later

@grandmotherproductions9380 4 ай бұрын

I really enjoy the ERofH but this is my favorite. Lots of thought went into making this one. Literally and literally.

@lesbos4tony 4 жыл бұрын

Spelling Bee: Your word is “Nietzsche” ERB fans: *now this looks like a job for me*

@user-ho2sp6hb1t 4 жыл бұрын

Why was this actually a good joke

@supersonic_tumbleweed 4 жыл бұрын

*So everybody just follow me* *’Cause we need a little controversy* *’Cause it feels so empty without me*

@eepy-9 4 жыл бұрын

*So everybody just follow me* *Cause we need a little controversy* *Cause it feels so empty without me!*

@charlesnichols9952 4 жыл бұрын

If this happened to me I really don't think I could stop myself from saying "and I'll end any motherfucker like my name in a spelling bee" and I'm not sure what the judges would think of that

@thegodofallakira6349 4 жыл бұрын

Charles Nichols I said that in class once on accident

@hungarycountryball1056 3 жыл бұрын

Lao Tzu: A bowl is most useful when it’s empty Diogenes: Why do I need a bowl?

@aaronrachiele5521 3 жыл бұрын

Oh! Haha That's good.

@rageagainstthemicrowave1313 3 жыл бұрын

Diogenes is the best lol.

@tuanriccy1026 3 жыл бұрын

@@ComicMan-ml3ut ok that's very useful for african kids

@crimes_of_jazz7256 3 жыл бұрын

Next I want every philosopher against diogenes.

@somekidnamedoscar8651 3 жыл бұрын

Did you guys see the Sam O’nella video?

@dogwithheadphones Жыл бұрын

This is by far my favorite ERB

@ambassadorprime9821 5 ай бұрын

I said it before but this is what introduced me to this channel and still stands on top as one of THE HARDEST episodes hands down. If this was what all debates of mind were like I'd be in he front row lol

@arthurmorgan2887 Жыл бұрын

Till this day, I still randomly sang "N-I-E-T-Z-S-C-H-E"

@mohammedhanfia228 Жыл бұрын

Same

@JimbotronSpectacles Жыл бұрын

Here here

@claimofthrones4955 Жыл бұрын

Same

@StoneInMySandal Жыл бұрын

I’m now prepared for a spelling bee.

@jimjamjako Жыл бұрын

@@StoneInMySandal same

@dnl5890 8 жыл бұрын

I feel like this is the most under rated ERB of all time

@harkdandy 8 жыл бұрын

By far the best one I've seen..

@Bill-ou7zp 8 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@georaffaelli7806 8 жыл бұрын

Not really underrated, most people just don't understand/don't care about philosophy. Sad but true.

@IbexGundyr 8 жыл бұрын

Yeah I totally agree dude this is one of the best in my opinion. The amount of witty history jokes is fantastic

@pippypipettes3876 8 жыл бұрын

ditto

@kutaysirius5885 4 ай бұрын

İt was great after all these years. Good job mate

@PeterBuchness-fy8bn 6 ай бұрын

This was great, just great work!

@skyzm 9 жыл бұрын

This was the most amazing shit I've ever seen

@NinjaProToothbrusher 9 жыл бұрын

skyzm!!!!!

@eddarkheart7951 9 жыл бұрын

skyzm It sure was!

@OgMisterV 9 жыл бұрын

Yes skyzm knows best cx

@SyenPie 9 жыл бұрын

skyzm The beat. The fucking beat.

@somepretentiousguy3492 9 жыл бұрын

skyzm Oi Skyz!

@Jokaanan 7 жыл бұрын

"laozi i don't mean no disrespect but you need to fill your bowl with some shit that makes some sense" i died

@yesindeed922 6 жыл бұрын

Jokanaan I'm outta heal packs tho 😢

@michaelgao5646 6 жыл бұрын

Jokanaan The best part was Lao Tzu in the background

@andromedamarch4943 5 жыл бұрын

I died at 3:09

@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos 5 жыл бұрын

After watching a vid about wu wei, now I understand.

@phrogy_1992 5 жыл бұрын

@@yesindeed922 What about,"why don't you tell your eyebrows they need to fit better on your face!" LOL

@DrJohnPollard 3 ай бұрын

ONE of the best of the many BESTs.

@RudyPerucho 6 ай бұрын

This is my favorite one!

@slurdrip 3 жыл бұрын

“I was expecting some more Sun Tzu quotes to be honest” - Sun Tzu, The Art of War

@flmz4208 3 жыл бұрын

sub tzu HAHAHAAAHAHAHAH

@tylerhartlep2131 3 жыл бұрын

Technoblade never dies.

@adrianherbert5844 3 жыл бұрын

@@tylerhartlep2131 Another pig of culture, I see.

@francenkovcan5211 3 жыл бұрын

"Officer i dropkicked that orphan in self-defense" - Sun Tzu, The art of war

@jacobjackson5665 3 жыл бұрын

Nice