Favorite philosophers?

[NonblackRaven]

Among mine are Aristotle, John Stuart Mill, Henri Bergson, and Erasmus. Post yours if you want to.

 

[lmarie23]

I like Aristotle and Immanuel Kant.

 

[DrkSdBls]

Allen Alda, Ambrose Pierce, and Jon Stuart (the Other one )

I like being different

But honestly, I like Political Satirists who honestly seam to care and have a certain viewpoint.

Otherwise, I like all of them. They all helped me to expand my range of thought........

well, ..... Maybe not so much Neichie(Sp?) I mean, he has had his effect on me but, I found little of his work that inspired me.

 

[Eudaimonist]

From ancient times, mainly Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato. (Though I disagree considerably with Plato.)

From modern times, mainly Ayn Rand, David Norton, Douglas Rasmussen, and Douglas Den Uyl.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[nadroj1985]

Plato
Kant
Nietzsche
Derrida

 

[DailyBlessings]

Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, Teilhard de Chardin, Paul Tillich.

Ayn Rand or Karen Armstrong, I would like to meet sometime.

 

[Received]

Kierkegaard
Nietzsche
Camus
Pascal

 

[ExistencePrecedesEssence]

Absurdist?

 

[Hammster]

Jesus Christ.

 

[jayem]

Ancient: Epicurus and Lucretius

Modern: Bertrand Russell

 

[Received]

Absurdist?

Never heard of him. Any preferences?

 

[ExistencePrecedesEssence]

Amusing, i cant tell whether your being sarcastic or not do to the lack of emotional taste through text. I was just saying, you named off many absurdist writers.

 

[Received]

I know.

And sarcasm is for the weak.

 

[Silenus]

Aquinas, Augustine, Aristotle for the old school people . . .

Derrida, Rand, Levi-Strauss, Jung, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Chomsky, Lewis, Campbell, Fry, Flannery O’Conner . . .

The list of newer people I have trouble keeping to strict academic philosophers . . .



Selectsmart.com has two tests that seek to match you up with the philsopher that you agree with most . . . one test is for ethics, the other is for metaphysics

 

[garbledepoch]

Descartes and Schaffer for starters

 

[Lifesaver]

By epoch:

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

St. Augustine, St. Anselm, St. Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus

David Hume, Adam Smith

Wittgenstein, Ludwig Von Mises

 

[Tinkerbell33]

Ok this is annoying....lol...because I have just set up a thread asking whose everybodys favourite philosopher is. . I didnt realise there was a similar thread already.

 

[Tinkerbell33]

Jesus Christ.

 

[Tinkerbell33]

Kierkegaard
Nietzsche
Camus
Pascal

I didnt expect to find a christian whose fave philosopher is Nietzsche, lol. I have been studying Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche for a year now for A2 philosophy.....and I have found that it has tested my faith but luckily my faith was strong enough. I dont mind Nietzsche but I really do disagree with most of his theories.

 

[FishFace]

My favourite overall is without a doubt Russel, although it's a bit early to be saying that's never going to change. I'm also rather partial to a bit of Hume, Wittgenstein, Mill and Flew.

Russel is certainly easier to read then the first three on that list. Problems of Philosophy is a lovely little book which should be read by everyone. In Praise of Idleness suits me, too.