Favorite Philosopher

[RedDiablo]

Out of all the countless philosophers, who's your favorite? I would say Plato, Augustine, Descartes, Nietzsche and lots of others are people I enjoy reading about. Who's your favorite philosopher?

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

Me. I am my favorite philosopher.

 

[Berethond]

The wise sage who said 'No text posts mean a banhammer cometh.'

However, I will assume an accident and say Jesus Christ.

 

[RedDiablo]

The wise sage who said 'No text posts mean a banhammer cometh.'

However, I will assume an accident and say Jesus Christ.

Yeah, I accidentaly made a mistake and pressed enter. Sorry about the problem.

 

[a7r0p05]

Hunde Des Krieg. I find him to by utterly enlightening.

 

[ellimist337]

Well, while waiting for text, I'll throw out not Kant. He was excessively wordy to the point of obnoxious arrogance, and writes more for himself than the betterment of others. Socrates is pretty good.

 

[zacaron]

I am nor sure who it was that said this but I realy like this saying "Is god willing to prevent evil, but not able? then he is not omnipotent. Is he able but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? then why call him god."

 

[don hippy]

René Descartes for his classic I drink therefore I am.

 

[Berethond]

The wise sage who said 'No text posts mean a banhammer cometh.'

However, I will assume an accident and say Jesus Christ.

Yeah, I accidentaly made a mistake and pressed enter. Sorry about the problem.

It's okay, it happened to me once too.

 

[RedDiablo]

The wise sage who said 'No text posts mean a banhammer cometh.'

However, I will assume an accident and say Jesus Christ.

Hmm, Jesus Christ, not a very orthodox choice. I don't exactly see him as a philosopher, but he did influence dozens of philosophers, and BTW, this is from a Christian. And I also forgot about Kant.

I am nor sure who it was that said this but I realy like this saying "Is god willing to prevent evil, but not able? then he is not omnipotent. Is he able but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? then why call him god."

This is from Epicurus.

 

[Arntor]

Friedrich Nietzsche--oh so quotable and trying to decipher his work is fun for me.
Albert Camus
Jean-Paul Sartre
Soren Kierkegaard
Ayn Rand--The Fountainhead was a good book, as was Anthem but I couldn't really stomach Atlas Shrugged.
Arnold Schopenhauer--even though I don't agree with him, his work makes for some great reading.
Gautama Buddha
Aristotle
David Hume
Epicurus

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

I'll go with Hunde des Krieg and say that I am my favorite philosopher... I have been questioning the futility of society since I was 6.

 

[Specter_]

100% Oscar Wilde.

 

[RedDiablo]

Friedrich Nietzsche--oh so quotable and trying to decipher his work is fun for me.
Albert Camus
Jean-Paul Sartre
Soren Kierkegaard
Ayn Rand--The Fountainhead was a good book, as was Anthem but I couldn't really stomach Atlas Shrugged.
Arnold Schopenhauer--even though I don't agree with him, his work makes for some great reading.
Gautama Buddha
Aristotle
David Hume
Epicurus

Well, someone likes Existentalists...

 

[Merciless.Fire]

John Locke

 

[theklng]

plato, rand and lao tzu... because i understand their legacy. the original buddha is up there as well.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

Hunde Des Krieg. I find him to by utterly enlightening.

Thank you.

 

[RedDiablo]

plato, rand and lao tzu... because i understand their legacy. the original buddha is up there as well.

Rand, she isn't exactly that influential. She died only about 40 years ago, so she isn't legendary. I agree with Plato, because he practically made Western Philosophy. I haven't exactly read much of Eastern Philosophy, but I heard that Lao Tzu is pretty important.