Kierkegaard
Nietzsche
Camus
Sartre
Buber
2007-04-25 16:10:05 · 13 answers · asked by Erik R 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Wow, good bunch. I would love to say Nietzche, but I really don't have his passion, sad to say.
In truth, I would have to say Camus, because we both have the same quirky world view, and facination with suicide. He was the king of the absurd, and I am his jester!
(Myth of Sysiphus, if you care.)
Good question.
2007-04-25 16:13:51 · answer #1 · answered by PtolemyJones 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd love to say Camus, but deep down I really know it's Jean-Paul Sartre. I fear the self-deception that tricks us into escaping responsibility for our own actions. Damnable are the dangers of mauvaise foi. I have found the cost of freedom. It is total responsibility often through anguish and despair.
2007-04-25 23:51:23 · answer #2 · answered by Mac 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I like Camus the best, although I sdon't agree with existentalism. but alot of times I reason with him. Nietsche was a bit chauvinistic and too dark for me. Bleh. sometimes Satre says things I can appreciate as well.
2007-04-26 00:59:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, none of the above.
Philosophy is great, love it to bits, but to be a 'Philosopher' is bordering on an oxymoron. To identify with one is cleaving to denial !
We are, if nothing else, individuals. One may offer and/or receive guidance from another, a 'teacher' if you will, but to wholly subscribe to another's perspective would be a terrible waste of an unique set of DNA, not to mention EMDNA.
Never been much of a 'joiner', guess this follows in the same vein.
2007-04-25 23:20:54 · answer #4 · answered by cosmicvoyager 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
none of the above. for me, the one who I learned the most from was Schopenhauer. His idea, if I'm quoting the right one,
that to figure out if you should do something or not, ask yourself this question: "if everyone in the world did the same thing, would the world be a better or a worse place?" If it wasn't him, whoever it was, it added to my moral journey.
2007-04-25 23:33:25 · answer #5 · answered by sandyfirewind 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Definitely Nietzsche. I like his ideas about will to power and self-overcoming. I also appreciate how he put morality into a historical context. His emphasis on humor and cheerfulness is refreshing to me.
2007-04-26 00:00:00 · answer #6 · answered by K 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
None of the above. Too old and/or too fuzzy. I go for William James and John Dewey and others that I'd call humanistic empiricists.
2007-04-25 23:30:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Descartes, and Bertrand Russel. Why?
Jonnie
PS , I like Socrates too.
2007-04-25 23:30:56 · answer #8 · answered by Jonnie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You left out my guy: Socrates.
He was the only one who kept searching for truth, while most others simply thought they could define it.
2007-04-25 23:14:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
In what manner? Agreeing with their philosophies?
None of these. I'm pretty sure we all liked cheese though!
2007-04-25 23:46:12 · answer #10 · answered by Izen G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋