Who is you're favorite Philosopher?

Question

and why?

Answer 1

Plato when I can follow what he is saying.

He saw further into the illusion than most.

After all of this time there are only a few who can truly understand what he was telling us.

Both the Buddha and Jesus were inspirations to me too. They both helped when I needed it the most.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 2

Right now, Scott Adams. He's the closest thing to a philosopher now than ever. The Way of The Weasel points out how all people are, The God's Debris is a great thought experiment that points out alternate less-complicated things reexamining things you thought you knew. I think we really need to rethink ideas once in a while.

Answer 3

Friedrich Nietzsche, hes one of the only philosophers I know whose ideas and maxims are as relevant today as when he wrote them. Besides he's the most quoted philosopher today just look around and you'll see it if you know where to look. Forget what you've heard about him privately he was a genius and he makes you think about life and ones existance, thats why hes so popular. whether one agrees or not, hes a compelling subject to study and I revere him and admire him for his genius and sharing his monumental thoughts with those of the herd mentality. I could say alot more but this should be sufficient.

Answer 4

Aristotle. Some of his personal views are appalling ("women and slaves are living tools"), but I admire him immensely as an intellectual. The breadth of his work is mind boggling (he wrote on just about any discipline you can imagine, from abstract philosophy to science to zoology and everything in between), and has come closer than any other philosopher to developing a cogent theory of ethics. There isn't really any theory of ethics that is successful, they are all fatally flawed, but Aristotle's was best because he didn't draw the circumscriptions too tightly. All other theories of ethics self destruct, but his just seems to call for greater clarification.

Answer 5

Gautama buddha, does that count? The idea that suffering stems from desire is a brilliant insight to me.

For modern philosophers, I'd have to say:
Dmitri Pisarev
Nikolai Dobrolyubov
Nikolai Chernyshevski

because they understand the truth... Nihilism

Answer 6

Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, Albert the Great and Peter van Inwagen. I also like reading Hegel, when I can understand what he is saying.

Answer 7

An Eygptian named, T.H.O.T.H. This person was the key mediator between the mortals and the Heavenly creators that spawned everything in this known universe both, seen and unseen. He was the first to invent the subjects known as {ARTs&SCIENCES} and taught the Greeks and Romans to become great in their own time.

Answer 8

Bob Marley cause he is easy to understand. And i feel the same way about most things he says maybe not all but most.
I like Confusious, and socrates too cause they help me understand politics and they're way of thinking, so i dont hate them like other people do such a breach in spirit.

Answer 9

i like these 3 the best:

Plato- saw that life was realy an illusion that people exist in

Nietszche- destroyed the concept of morality and in order to get rid of moral can one truly be free

wittgenstein- proved that a private language is impossible and that other people have to exist in order to have a language

Answer 10

Schopenhauer, because he most definitely was a genius in describing the differences between a genius and a simple mortal