2007-04-10 10:08:43 · 19 answers · asked by John 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I learned this from Plato(Socrates) and who knows who else all the way back to nowhere when I was very young and it has worked for me so far so good.
THERE IS NO PROFIT WHERE NO PLEASURE IS TAKEN.
Enjoy!
2007-04-10 10:25:38 · answer #1 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is getting changed continuously with-out a philosopher?
2007-04-16 22:48:03 · answer #2 · answered by laxmi kumar n 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if 'change my life' is really entirely appropriate, but Plato did a great deal for me, from the Republic to the Parable of the Cave. It's all about how we perceive things and perhaps what we see and perceive is not what's really there. His quote "The unexamined life is not worth living" is the most insightful and important quote I have ever read. Too many people just go along their merry ignorant way and when things go wrong, they have no clue why or why not. It's all about looking at ones own life and seeing it as it really is. Yes, Plato ... but almost no one reads him any more.
2007-04-10 10:14:34 · answer #3 · answered by John B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While he hasn't personally changed my life, undoubtedly Nietzsche has been one of the most influential philosophers, having a prolific impact throughout the 20th century. His writings on nihilism would ultimately lead to our modern crisis of moral relativism. To me it is unclear whether Nietzsche was truly influential in the sense of causing relativism, or rather simply the first philosopher to diagnose the growing societal tendency. Either way, definitely one of the most influential philosophers.
-Kerplunk!
2007-04-10 10:17:20 · answer #4 · answered by Kerplunk! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aristotle taught me to never give up trying to understand life and people and things...
Because life is like His poetics and ethics... Sometimes you just have to repeat the end results of all your misunderstandings and mistakes in order to realize that everything as it was... made perfect sense all along.
Life requires a read through or two before you understand it... just like poetics.
But when you finally read something for the 10th time... and you get it. There is no greater feeling than having understood. Just like when you make the same mistake over and over again... Eventually you learn.
2007-04-10 10:17:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Empedocles
All pre-Socratic and ensuing Greek Philosophers have in a sense changed my perception of what is.
2007-04-10 10:32:22 · answer #6 · answered by aristotle1776 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kahlil Gibran.
His book THE PROPHET. This book help change my out look in life.It is a book to be read . I have been reading this book over and over for the twenty five years. As I get older the value of the message changes.
2007-04-18 05:34:51 · answer #7 · answered by thumba 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aside from plato(socrates), whom my son is named after, i would say that annie dillard has changed my life....plato helped to make me a thinking person.....first philosopher ever studied..........but annie dillard has enlightened all of my senses....some might say that she is not a philosopher, but to me, she most definately is.....a long time back, in a class i was taking, i remember feeling ignited by a philosopher with the name descarte.....thank you for asking this question.....i will have to look him up again
2007-04-16 18:55:33 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kahlil Gibran helped
2007-04-15 23:11:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ayn Rand
2007-04-10 11:12:40 · answer #10 · answered by jtrusnik 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋