The great philosophers have had a lot of things to say about . . . a lot of things. Frequent topics include morality, the state of the world and the meaning of life. Although, what most people don’t know is that that these philosophers also had a lot to say about Disney. Here are a handful of quotes from the philosophers we know and love (or barely understand).

, You’ve Got To Be Kidding: The Great Philosophers of History Comment on Disney

Thomas Hobbes: The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. I’m going to Disneyland!

Rene Descartes: I think, therefore I eat Dole Whip

Martin Heidegger: He who thinks great thoughts, often makes great errors. That still doesn’t explain the update to Journey into Imagination.

Immanuel Kant: Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination . . . and a little pixie dust.

John Stuart Mill: Liberty consists in doing what one desires. I’m sitting through The Hall of Presidents again no matter what anybody says.

Bertrand Russell: I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong, except to state that Disneyland is better than Disney World.

, You’ve Got To Be Kidding: The Great Philosophers of History Comment on Disney

Epicurus: The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. I got a Rise of the Resistance boarding pass!!

Plato: The human soul is a charioteer trying to drive, simultaneously, one bad horse and one noble one. Go to Disneyland. They’ll both feel better.

Rene Descartes: One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one guest or another

Karl Marx: Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it. This attraction is being re-imagineered for your future enjoyment

Soren Kierkegaard: Angst, the constant anxiety that is a defining feature of the human condition, stems from our consciousness of the unfettered freedom to choose. Left line or right?

, You’ve Got To Be Kidding: The Great Philosophers of History Comment on Disney

Socrates: The only thing I know is that I know nothing…and that Disneyland is better than Disney World

Thomas Hobbes: Leisure is the mother of philosophy and the father of park visits

Immanuel Kant: Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck. And that concludes our voyage on the Storybook Land Canal Boats.

Jean-Paul Sartre: Hell is other people in front of me in any line.

Confucius: It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. Then again, it is rope drop, so it’s appreciated if you have a little sense of urgency.

Aristotle: Happiness is the highest good. Disneyland’s churros are a close second!!


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, You’ve Got To Be Kidding: The Great Philosophers of History Comment on Disney

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Disney Philosophy

Do you feel a bit more enlightened after reading these forgotten Disney quotes from famous philosophers? Are there any we forgot to add? Feel free to share some of your own Disney-related philosophical quotes to live by in the comments below.

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Mike Jacka
Mike lives in Phoenix, Arizona and has two claims to fame. The first is that he was born the day Disneyland opened. So, yes, he is old. The second is that he is the funniest internal auditor in the profession of internal auditing. Yes, a very low bar. Yes, this is akin to being the sanest person in the asylum. So why not combine those two great achievements? Why not combine that love for Disneyland with a slightly offbeat sense of humor? I guess we'll all find out.