Question of the Day, October 2, 2010

[opiwankenobi]

I voted other. A philosopher poll without Immanuel Kant? buh!

 

[Keava]

Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche, also Marquis de Sade if we treat his "Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man" as philosophical work.

 

[Ch@Z]

Kant I guess.

 

[Captain Pancake]

Descartes, just for giving my Higher Philosophy class a good laugh at how circular and futile his entire meditations are.

 

[Buchichu]

definitely John Locke.

 

[Kevvers]

My personal favourite is Camus though he is a bit light on the philosophy, Myth of Sysiphus nails it.

 

[oppp7]

I don't really know anything about philosophy, so I'll go with... Aristoltle. He at least did some things for science.

 

[HK_01]

If Hobbes counts as a philosopher, I'll go with him.

 

[spartan1077]

Sun Tzu

 

[EmeraldGreen]

No John Stuart Mill or Jeremy Bentham? How disappointing. Utilitarianism should get more love than that.

Agreed. Utilitarianism definitely has more effect on my life than any other philosophy.

That said, I voted Nietzsche, because he's more fun to read than any other philosopher I've studied.

 

[bak00777]

Jim Morrison, Poet, writer, singer, philosopher. He was the lead vocalist for The Doors, and one of the greatest philosophers of the last century.

 

[under_score]

No John Stuart Mill or Jeremy Bentham? How disappointing. Utilitarianism should get more love than that.

I love utilitarianism! Or at least, making fun of its myriad of flaws.

 

[BrailleOperatic]

Nietzsche. He just makes sense to me.

 

[Jandau]

Kant. And he really should be in the poll...

 

[Thedayrecker]

Empedocles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empedocles

Threw himself down a volcano. Think about it. He had to climb the mountain, knowing that when he got up there he would be ending his life!

I admire that devotion.

 

[Rubashov]

John Stuart Mill.

 

[quantum mechanic]

Arthur Schopenhauer!

 

[lionheart_1]

Marcus Aurelius.

I read 'Meditations' a while ago, and I've found that his Stoic philosophy resonated strongly with me.

Boethius and his 'Consolation of Philosophy' is a close second though.

 

[BlueHighwind]

No Hobbes? Fail Poll.

 

[Baldry]

Confucius...Because he says stuff...yeah, that's deep.