Who's your favorite philosopher?

[Mouthwash]

State your most favorite and least favorite philosopher and why exactly you selected them. Also, be sure to trash other people's favorites. Maybe we can get some conversation about certain philosophers/works in here.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

I think you are my least favorite.

 

[Catharsis]

Eric Cantona.

 

[Borachio]

Rab C. Nesbitt

Spoiler :

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[WindFish]

Karl Marx

 

[Murky]

John Locke

 

[Borachio]

Diogenes

edit: for his total lack of respect for all forms of authority, status, and material possessions. (Also for peeing in the soup, and living in a barrel.)

 

[Mouthwash]

Also, please remember to say why.

I think you are my least favorite.

This is exactly why I don't often go on this forum.

 

[madviking]

Diogenes is a good one.

My favorite philosopher in terms of substance/writing is probably Russell.
My favorite philosopher in terms of interesting thoughts is probably Singer.
My favorite philosopher in terms of greatest impact on my personal life is probably Socrates.

 

[Leoreth]

Among classical philosophers, I've always liked Epicurus.

 

[Mouthwash]

Could you please say why? Otherwise the thread is pointless. I'm not interested in in matching names to philosophers, I'm interested in hearing why people are supporting or criticizing them.

 

[Mouthwash]

Among classical philosophers, I've always liked Epicurus.

You "like" him as in finding him interesting? Or do you subscribe to his philosophy?

 

[Murky]

John Locke was the father of classical liberalism. I agree with most of what he said about self and how we become the person we are by experience through the senses.

 

[Leoreth]

You "like" him as in finding him interesting? Or do you subscribe to his philosophy?

I don't subscribe to his philosophy per se, but I sympathize with a lot of what he said.

 

[Quackers]

inno is my fave

 

[Chiteng]

Friedrich Nietzsche - Because he was correct

 

[Borachio]

And mad.

Voltaire: for being clever, and French.

 

[Chiteng]

And mad.

Voltaire: for being clever, and French.

In the end yes, he went mad. Syphilis will do that to you untreated.

But, Voltaire? Is Satire a philo?

 

[Borachio]

Well, yes. Why not?

How are we defining philosophy, then?

List of philosophers beginning with the letter V.

François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃.swa ma.ʁi aʁ.wɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire (pronounced: [vɔl.tɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher

Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement.[1] Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon.

 

[Smellincoffee]

For the past few years, Stoicism has been a redoubt for me, a source of continuing clarity, strength, and sanctuary. Although Marcus Aurelius introduced me to the philosophy, Epictetus' handbook was the most influential in my life.

On a personal level, then, Epictetus. On an academic or intellectual level, I'd have to say Marx, whose materialism guides my own understanding of history and everything else. I'd already become a materialist before reading him, but his criticism was broadly and powerfully applied.