View Full Version : Who is your favorite philosopher?
gnupipe
March 27th, 2010, 09:40 PM
My favorite philosopher is Augustine of Hippo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo)
Phrea
March 27th, 2010, 09:41 PM
Does Plato count?
_h_
March 27th, 2010, 09:41 PM
Aristotle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle).
gnupipe
March 27th, 2010, 09:42 PM
Does Plato count?
Why not?
Phrea
March 27th, 2010, 09:43 PM
Ok, fair enough, mine is Plato. :)
koshatnik
March 27th, 2010, 09:43 PM
Chuck D.
gnupipe
March 27th, 2010, 09:54 PM
Chuck D.
:lolflag:
Странник
March 27th, 2010, 09:58 PM
If Khalil Gibran is considered as a philosopher, otherwise Nietzche
Random_Dude
March 27th, 2010, 10:03 PM
Nietzche.
The only philosopher who wrote something I actually enjoyed reading.
NightwishFan
March 27th, 2010, 10:10 PM
Nietzsche I suppose.
gnupipe
March 27th, 2010, 10:12 PM
I think that Pekka-Eric Auvinen really admired Nietzsche.
Directive 4
March 27th, 2010, 10:24 PM
chuck norris
JDShu
March 27th, 2010, 10:28 PM
Favorite would be Han Fei Zi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Feizi)because his teachings were hilariously dictatorial.
cpmman
March 27th, 2010, 10:35 PM
Micawber
sgosnell
March 27th, 2010, 10:36 PM
Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain. :popcorn:
LookTJ
March 27th, 2010, 10:37 PM
Aristotle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle).
+1 and Plato.
johnb820
March 27th, 2010, 11:09 PM
Noam Chomsky
Hwæt
March 27th, 2010, 11:23 PM
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matthew.ball
March 27th, 2010, 11:30 PM
Bertrand Russell.
bikeboy
March 28th, 2010, 12:48 AM
Not on the traditional list of philosophers as such, but for me it's Carl Sagan hands down.
Groucho Marxist
March 28th, 2010, 02:59 AM
Stephen Wright.
"If I fill a swimming pool with dry ice, can I swim without getting wet?"
Hman242
March 28th, 2010, 03:01 AM
Out of the ones I know, probably John Locke.
Tamalin
March 28th, 2010, 03:03 AM
Parkinson, for Parkinson's Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_Law)
juanoleso
March 28th, 2010, 03:17 AM
Descartes
Dawei87
March 28th, 2010, 04:56 AM
lao tzu and close behind him chuang tzu
flukeairwalker
March 28th, 2010, 05:03 AM
Oscar Wilde (in practice, not theory), Richard Stallman (in theory, not practice, Carl Sagan (in theory and practice).
eksasol
March 28th, 2010, 05:09 AM
Laozi and Bender from Futurama:
How are you going to plan for your retirement?
I'll turn my on/off button to off.
Jimleko211
March 28th, 2010, 05:42 AM
I love Voltaire and Diderot.
cprofitt
March 28th, 2010, 05:52 AM
Immanuel Kant
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Immanuel_Kant_%28painted_portrait%29.jpg/200px-Immanuel_Kant_%28painted_portrait%29.jpg
standingwave
March 28th, 2010, 07:45 AM
George Carlin
ikt
March 28th, 2010, 09:05 AM
George Carlin
Carlin + Harris + Hitchens + Dawkins = unstopable imo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrSms6nAPgU
Bill49
March 28th, 2010, 09:31 AM
Wittgenstein (closely followed by Spinoza)
cascade9
March 28th, 2010, 09:38 AM
Michel de Montaigne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne
Chronon
March 28th, 2010, 09:39 AM
Robert Anton Wilson
standingwave
March 28th, 2010, 10:21 AM
Carlin + Harris + Hitchens + Dawkins = unstopable imo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrSms6nAPgU
And Pat Condell.
Paqman
March 28th, 2010, 10:27 AM
Siddhartha Gautama and/or anyone under the age of 5.
Laxman_prodigy
March 28th, 2010, 01:14 PM
Siddhartha Gautama and/or anyone under the age of 5.
Gautam Buddha?
Groucho Marxist
March 28th, 2010, 01:38 PM
And Pat Condell.
And two hard-boiled eggs.
Doctor Mike
March 28th, 2010, 06:15 PM
Philosophy in the bedroom...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Sade
oldos2er
March 28th, 2010, 07:13 PM
Lenny Bruce
Al Fairclough
March 28th, 2010, 07:16 PM
Immanuel Kant
Doctor Mike
March 28th, 2010, 08:40 PM
Immanuel KantDo you realize than Kant and Clark are very similar...
purgatori
March 28th, 2010, 09:08 PM
John Stuart Mill. I like philosophers who offer a way forward that does not involve placing one's _faith_ in a utopia, either of the terrestrial or supernatural kind. Immanent, of practical value, and ground in human-ness.
saulgoode
March 28th, 2010, 09:09 PM
Descartes. Not so much for his conclusions, but for his methodology.
kk0sse54
March 28th, 2010, 09:31 PM
Noam Chomsky
themarker0
March 28th, 2010, 09:40 PM
Got to say Aristotle.
gnomeuser
March 28th, 2010, 09:56 PM
Favorite deceased:
David Hume (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume)
Favorite currently living:
Sam Harris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris_(author))
koshatnik
March 28th, 2010, 10:31 PM
Benjamin Franklin was also cool. But not as cool as Chuck D.
szymon_g
March 28th, 2010, 11:14 PM
Mill J S
flukeairwalker
March 30th, 2010, 06:12 AM
Thomas Jefferson. Almost as quotable as Oscar Wilde but not as much fun.
LookTJ
March 30th, 2010, 07:05 AM
Another one of my favorites: C.S. Lewis.
aviedw
March 30th, 2010, 07:33 AM
Many were mentioned that I've never heard of. And now i have to take the time to get to know them. That's a good thing by the way.
My favorite philosopher is Cornel West. He is truly a great mind.
http://www.cornelwest.com/
Viva
March 30th, 2010, 09:24 AM
another one of my favorites: C.s. Lewis.
+1
Tristam Green
March 30th, 2010, 12:22 PM
Rene Descartes.
Alan Turing.
Aristotle.
handy
March 30th, 2010, 09:58 PM
Lao Tzu:
"The truth that can be spoken, is not the truth."
JDShu
March 31st, 2010, 02:50 AM
In any case, philosophers don't deserve any respect... they can't even get an extra fork :P
sxmaxchine
March 31st, 2010, 02:54 AM
the one of family guy
watch video Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_urGc12p_A)
jfloydb
March 31st, 2010, 12:42 PM
Kilgore Trout
cgroza
March 31st, 2010, 12:45 PM
ME. :p:D;)
duanedesign
April 5th, 2010, 12:28 AM
Robert Anton Wilson
Glad someone mentioned RAW. A big +1
Lightstar
April 5th, 2010, 01:41 AM
Winnie the Pooh
KStorm
April 5th, 2010, 01:51 AM
Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Ravi Zacharias.
sisco311
April 5th, 2010, 02:01 AM
Homer Jay Simpson
thatguruguy
April 5th, 2010, 02:02 AM
maddox.
SnowRider
April 5th, 2010, 02:07 AM
Pop-eye....(I is what I is and I yam what I yam)
Frogs Hair
April 5th, 2010, 04:02 PM
Dirty Harry & Bobby Hill
samigina
April 5th, 2010, 04:16 PM
Emile Cioran, and Herman Hesse.
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