You can include a philosopher who is dead but whose ideas are still influential. Please, informed answers only. And please provide reasons for your answers. This is a big help. Thanks.
2007-02-11 05:09:18 · 3 answers · asked by James R 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Aristotle.
It was his revolutionary ideas of metaphysics and epistemology that transformed ancient Greece from Platonic mysticism to an Aristocratic era of reason. Soon after Rome was founded and became the greatest empire in the known world.
In Rome's late years Plato once again became the dominate ideology and Rome fell and the world went into the dark ages.
The works of Aristotle were rediscovered by the Arabs and they had their golden age. Soon they spread the works of Aristotle to Europe and then the age of Enlightenment led to the Renaissance. Great scientific and philosophic achievements occurred including the founding of the United States.
2007-02-11 07:19:28 · answer #1 · answered by kensai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am not sure world wide, but maybe if your writing a paper, you could say John Locke. He wrote "two treatises of Governemnt." It was writen in the 1600's yet our government today is loosly based on his teachings (life, liberty, property and a 3 part gov't). he also talks about human nature and how we are inately good, not evil.
2007-02-11 13:19:14 · answer #2 · answered by cassandracorrao 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me
2007-02-11 17:20:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋