I think for either francis bacon, I can identify with his feelings about war and religion or Voltaire ,regarding his religious views as well
2006-08-02 10:30:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
also I like what Voltaire said about artists having to have the devil inside of them, to create
2006-08-02 10:31:45 · update #1
mephistopheles, I love you, will you marry me?or just send me an email
2006-08-02 11:45:03 · update #2
Nietzsche because his Philosophy is one of freedom and hope. He invites everyone to live life to the fullest to develop our capabilities as much as we can - to celebrate life and not be cowered by ancient myths which were constructed to inhibit and enslave us.
Bacon was an important Philosopher constructing the basis on which scientific exsperimentation should proceed. His other pieces on War etc. are also interesting. Voltaire was a contemporary of Bacon and I he is a great writer - I particularly like Candide. His preference for religious tolerance and civil liberties provided impetus for the French Revolution. A true friend of freedom and an enemy of bigotry.
2006-08-02 10:44:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Kurt Godel.[1]
His views on nature of mathematics and the world changed my world.
The fact that he proved that arithmetic is inconsistent is what really make me identify with him.[2]
People put to much trust in math, not realizing that it is a flawed human concept that only APPROXIMATES the world, that is in reality WAY more complex that humans can ever imagine.
2006-08-02 16:06:43 · answer #2 · answered by hq3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would have to be either:
-- J.S. Mill, because he was conscientious and methodical, rather than brilliant,
OR
-- Nietzsche, because he preferred grand pronouncements to careful argument.
Contradictory, right? But there it is. Hmmmm, maybe I'm some kind of dualist ...
2006-08-02 11:09:09 · answer #3 · answered by Keither 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Socrates. Questioning knowledge, insistance of reason and truth, to me, it is the beginning of real knowledge. There is a reason that everyone who studies philosophy seriously must study him early in their learning.
2006-08-02 10:51:08 · answer #4 · answered by deep bass 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lucretius. He did explain the nature of God.
2006-08-02 11:44:22 · answer #5 · answered by george 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C.S. Lewis, but I doubt you can consider him to be a philosopher.
2006-08-02 10:33:02 · answer #6 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diogenes
Society is ****** whack
2006-08-02 11:31:35 · answer #7 · answered by -.- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Confucius because what he had to say was so abstract.
2006-08-02 10:35:49 · answer #8 · answered by IthinkFramptonisstillahottie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋