Favorite Philosopher

[Snow Fire]

Albert Einstein

"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."

 

[matrix3509]

I'm gonna go ahead and say that my two favorite philosophers are:

Locke and Demosthenes

(cookie for the reference)

 

[Ken Korda]

'Ender's Game' by Orson Scott Card

 

[Ken Korda]

I'm gonna go ahead and say that my two favorite philosophers are:

Locke and Demosthenes

(cookie for the reference)

Sorry, messed that right up

 

[ArcadianTrance]

Whoever said "The unlucky man breaks his nose even while falling backwards"

 

[matrix3509]

'Ender's Game' by Orson Scott Card

YAY! cookie for you!

 

[Ken Korda]

Damn Straight! 'bout time I got some respect around here!

 

[Normeo]

Man?s life should be spent in joy; Why wait in vain for wealth and honour? (Yang-yun)

Wisdom begins in wonder (Socrates)

 

[RedDiablo]

Man?s life should be spent in joy; Why wait in vain for wealth and honour? (Yang-yun)

Wisdom begins in wonder (Socrates)

Didn't Plato say, "Philosophy begins in wonder."? Philosophy means, "Love of wisdom", so either Plato copied Socrates, or it's misattributed.

 

[Normeo]

Man?s life should be spent in joy; Why wait in vain for wealth and honour? (Yang-yun)

Wisdom begins in wonder (Socrates)

Didn't Plato say, "Philosophy begins in wonder."? Philosophy means, "Love of wisdom", so either Plato copied Socrates, or it's misattributed.

LOL I got it from a book mark, so maybe. I just like it.

 

[jh322]

I'll go with Aristotle, would have said Plato but the whole forms thing kinda put me off. Honourable mention to Socrates for obvious reasons.

 

[jh322]

Man?s life should be spent in joy; Why wait in vain for wealth and honour? (Yang-yun)

Wisdom begins in wonder (Socrates)

Didn't Plato say, "Philosophy begins in wonder."? Philosophy means, "Love of wisdom", so either Plato copied Socrates, or it's misattributed.

LOL I got it from a book mark, so maybe. I just like it.

When Plato wrote his dialogues, he wrote as the voice of Socrates. It's possible that this is the source of the misunderstanding

 

[jh322]

Also, (realising that this is my third post in a row) I'd like to impart my favourite anti-proverb:

"Give a man a match, he'll be warm for an hour. Set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life"

 

[Normeo]

Just in case nobody else got it, "Judge not lest you be judged yourself" Brian Cohen

 

[searanox]

Probably Nietzsche, although I disagree with about half of what he said. Incredibly influential and to some degree misunderstood thinker.

 

[TheDustyBanana]

"Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all other philosophers are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself." - H. L. Mencken

I think Mencken is the only guy I can get behind, philosophically speaking.

 

[RedDiablo]

Probably Nietzsche, although I disagree with about half of what he said. Incredibly influential and to some degree misunderstood thinker.

Do you disagree with him about the "Ubermensch", Herd instinct, Will to Power, or Death of God?

 

[searanox]

Do you disagree with him about the "Ubermensch", Herd instinct, Will to Power, or Death of God?

I disagree with the whole master/slave morality system he has going. Will to power is one of those things that's hard to debate, but is arguably a capitalist construction rather than human instinct. His conception of the masses is decidedly outdated when compared to later thinkers. Despite this, though, his ideas are very solid and agreeable to me. There are holes, but the general gist of his stuff is good, even though it only really works within its own context.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Do you disagree with him about the "Ubermensch", Herd instinct, Will to Power, or Death of God?

I disagree with the whole master/slave morality system he has going.

Ah, well, you do have to look at his work before his anti-Semitic sister got to it. A lot of the stuff that ended up in the hands of the NASI party wasn't in his original work.

But in the words of the great philosopher Jagger, "You can't always get what you want."

 

[thisnameok]

Major Zero haha. Seriously though i would say Hunter S. Thompson i guess. Although mostly Hunter is just crazy and only other crazy people... or idiots, would call him a philosopher... eh.