Greatest Philosopher of All Time?

[Pangur Bán]

Originally posted by onejayhawk
I 'm going to go with Luther/Melenthon. Obviously they did not exist in a vacccuum, but their critcal defense of the Reformation of the Roman church was the most important political event of the first half of the mellenium. As important as Generals are, they fight to defend ideas and ideals, which come from the philosphers of a previous generation.

J

Luther is an important historical figure, but philosopher?

 

[Johann MacLeod]

i think one of the problems here is, that no one has defined what a philosopher actually is...

 

[luiz]

I'll have to go with Socrates. He is pretty much the father of philosophy. Before him the wisemen didn't focus on the important matters and were more concerned on making money(the sofists specially).