Who is your favorite philosopher?

[gnupipe]

My favorite philosopher is Augustine of Hippo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo)

[Phrea]

Does Plato count?

[_h_]

Aristotle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle).

[gnupipe]

Does Plato count?

Why not?

[Phrea]

Ok, fair enough, mine is Plato. :)

[koshatnik]

Chuck D.

[gnupipe]

Chuck D.

:lolflag:

[Странник]

If Khalil Gibran is considered as a philosopher, otherwise Nietzche

[Random_Dude]

Nietzche.
The only philosopher who wrote something I actually enjoyed reading.

[NightwishFan]

Nietzsche I suppose.

[gnupipe]

I think that Pekka-Eric Auvinen really admired Nietzsche.

[Directive 4]

chuck norris

[JDShu]

Favorite would be Han Fei Zi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Feizi)because his teachings were hilariously dictatorial.

[cpmman]

Micawber

[sgosnell]

Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain. :popcorn:

[LookTJ]

Aristotle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle).
+1 and Plato.

[johnb820]

Noam Chomsky

[Hwæt]

http://ubuntuforums.org/customprofilepics/profilepic966198_3.gif

[matthew.ball]

Bertrand Russell.

[bikeboy]

Not on the traditional list of philosophers as such, but for me it's Carl Sagan hands down.

[Groucho Marxist]

Stephen Wright.

"If I fill a swimming pool with dry ice, can I swim without getting wet?"

[Hman242]

Out of the ones I know, probably John Locke.

[Tamalin]

Parkinson, for Parkinson's Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_Law)

[juanoleso]

Descartes

[Dawei87]

lao tzu and close behind him chuang tzu

[flukeairwalker]

Oscar Wilde (in practice, not theory), Richard Stallman (in theory, not practice, Carl Sagan (in theory and practice).

[eksasol]

Laozi and Bender from Futurama:
How are you going to plan for your retirement?
I'll turn my on/off button to off.

[Jimleko211]

I love Voltaire and Diderot.

[cprofitt]

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]

George Carlin

[ikt]

George Carlin

Carlin + Harris + Hitchens + Dawkins = unstopable imo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrSms6nAPgU

[Bill49]

Wittgenstein (closely followed by Spinoza)

[cascade9]

Michel de Montaigne

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne

[Chronon]

Robert Anton Wilson

[standingwave]

Carlin + Harris + Hitchens + Dawkins = unstopable imo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrSms6nAPgU

And Pat Condell.

[Paqman]

Siddhartha Gautama and/or anyone under the age of 5.

[Laxman_prodigy]

Siddhartha Gautama and/or anyone under the age of 5.


Gautam Buddha?

[Groucho Marxist]

And Pat Condell.

And two hard-boiled eggs.

[Doctor Mike]

Philosophy in the bedroom...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Sade

[oldos2er]

Lenny Bruce

[Al Fairclough]

Immanuel Kant

[Doctor Mike]

Immanuel KantDo you realize than Kant and Clark are very similar...

[purgatori]

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]

Descartes. Not so much for his conclusions, but for his methodology.

[kk0sse54]

Noam Chomsky

[themarker0]

Got to say Aristotle.

[gnomeuser]

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]

Benjamin Franklin was also cool. But not as cool as Chuck D.

[szymon_g]

Mill J S

[flukeairwalker]

Thomas Jefferson. Almost as quotable as Oscar Wilde but not as much fun.

[LookTJ]

Another one of my favorites: C.S. Lewis.

[aviedw]

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]

another one of my favorites: C.s. Lewis.

+1

[Tristam Green]

Rene Descartes.
Alan Turing.
Aristotle.

[handy]

Lao Tzu:

"The truth that can be spoken, is not the truth."

[JDShu]

In any case, philosophers don't deserve any respect... they can't even get an extra fork :P

[sxmaxchine]

the one of family guy

watch video Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_urGc12p_A)

[jfloydb]

Kilgore Trout

[cgroza]

ME. :p:D;)

[duanedesign]

Robert Anton Wilson

Glad someone mentioned RAW. A big +1

[Lightstar]

Winnie the Pooh

[KStorm]

Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Ravi Zacharias.

[sisco311]

Homer Jay Simpson

[thatguruguy]

maddox.

[SnowRider]

Pop-eye....(I is what I is and I yam what I yam)

[Frogs Hair]

Dirty Harry & Bobby Hill

[samigina]

Emile Cioran, and Herman Hesse.