Question of the Day, October 2, 2010
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Although Kierkegaard is also a great thinker.
Although Kierkegaard is also a great thinker.
HAS to be Nietzsche. Only the truly elite thinkers die in an asylum. He sported a moustache that puts Tom Selleck to shame, laid the foundation for the investigation of meta-ethics.
Out of any philosopher I find his works the most unique and enjoyable to read. He presents his arguments in a refreshingly abstract manner, with a healthy dose of vitriolic satire.
And out of all the philosophers mentioned, Nietzsche is the only one with video games inspired and named after his works, as far as I am aware.
Out of any philosopher I find his works the most unique and enjoyable to read. He presents his arguments in a refreshingly abstract manner, with a healthy dose of vitriolic satire.
And out of all the philosophers mentioned, Nietzsche is the only one with video games inspired and named after his works, as far as I am aware.
Umm... I sorta think philosophy is a bunch of really intelligent people wasting their time arguing over minor details of completely obvious things. Sort of a laying down of things already know in a clearer form at best and a pissing contest over opinion at worst.
If I had to pick the philosopher I disagreed with least I guess it would probably be Kant, but he's not even in the poll.
And yes I'm aware that philosophy gave birth to science, and for that I'll always be grateful to it, but science made philosophy obsolete. If you want to answer unanswerable questions, go find religion or something. Don't try to claim your opinions on how other people think and how things should be are somehow more rational than everyone else's.
If I had to pick the philosopher I disagreed with least I guess it would probably be Kant, but he's not even in the poll.
And yes I'm aware that philosophy gave birth to science, and for that I'll always be grateful to it, but science made philosophy obsolete. If you want to answer unanswerable questions, go find religion or something. Don't try to claim your opinions on how other people think and how things should be are somehow more rational than everyone else's.
Niccolò Machiavelli....
Why isn't he in the list?
Different from the other up there, he changed the way that politics were done in life, not by someone 'inspired' by his ideas ( it is happening now anyway... )
Plato, Aristotle...? Seriously... let's keep the 'martyrs status' dow, please!
Why isn't he in the list?
Different from the other up there, he changed the way that politics were done in life, not by someone 'inspired' by his ideas ( it is happening now anyway... )
Plato, Aristotle...? Seriously... let's keep the 'martyrs status' dow, please!
i'd tend to agree with this one, living in a pithos Jarr as a form of criticism agaisnt the luxury way of life, that's something you don't see often!Xhu said:
also that famous "anecdote" where he rejects Alexander the Great by saying he's blocking him from the sun... that takes balls to say it to that character!
"God exists because we can't imagine perfect beings ourself"TheGreenManalishi said:
Who said that our image of God was perfect in the first place? isn't the standard image of an old bearded man so obviously flawed anyway?
Aristotle is the philosopher I've studied the most in depth; and I have had to apply his techniques laid out within his "The Poetics" before in pratical scenarios and found it a greatly rewarding experience. Man, that last sentence sounded so brainy. Really wish I knew what I was talking about.
"If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight! Sun Tzu said that, and I think he knows a little more about fighting than you do, pal, because he invented it! And then he perfected it so that no living man could best him the ring of honor." Right off the top of my head, Sun Tzu as well.gnomebard said:
