Football begins its slow roll back from an unpredictable alternative reality
over 3 years in The guardian
More goals, more shots and a more open title race – has the alternative reality of the ghost-game Premier League possibly been more entertaining?
Is this actually real? More importantly, is it actually any good? One interesting part of the current football season is – at the end of the day – its metaphysical angle.
In Monty Python’s famous Philosophers’ Football Match the only goal of the game is scored at the death by the Greek captain Aristotle (“very much the man in form”), and allowed to stand despite prolonged protests from Germany’s Hegel about the nature of reality. Continue reading...
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