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Favourite Philosophers

Plato

[ 0 ]

Aristotle

[ 2 ]

Stoic

[ 2 ]

Medieval

[ 2 ]

Spinoza

[ 2 ]

Hume

17%

[ 5 ]

Berkeley

[ 0 ]

Kant

[ 2 ]

Hegel

[ 0 ]

John Stuart Mill

[ 0 ]

Marx

10%

[ 3 ]

Freud

[ 1 ]

Nietzche

25%

[ 7 ]

Heidegger

[ 0 ]

Wittgenstein

[ 2 ]

Derrida

[ 0 ]

Total Votes : 28

Saturn
Deinonychus

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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:02 pm Post subject: Favourite Philosophers

Who do you like? Who are you drawn to? If you're choice is not on the list, you can put your favourite that is on the list. If you don't have a favourite on the list, you could choose your least disfavourite. Elaboration below is welcome for all voters or and non-voters. Last edited by Saturn on Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:07 pm; edited 1 time in total

ruveyn
Phoenix
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:04 pm Post subject:

You left out Hobbes. You should not have left out Hobbes. ruveyn

Saturn
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:06 pm Post subject:

Sorry. I had Hobbes in and then revised the list to include ones that I was or have been particularly interested in or had some experience of. I then had to revise the list again because it was too long. What appeals to you in Hobbes?

ruveyn
Phoenix
Phoenix

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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:09 pm Post subject:

Saturn wrote:

Sorry. I had Hobbes in and then revised the list to include ones that I was or have been particularly interested in or had some experience of. I then had to revise the list again because it was too long.

What appeals to you in Hobbes?

He has the only reasonable justification for having a government. To prevent an eternal civil war.

Read Leviathan.

ruveyn

Saturn
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:14 pm Post subject:

ruveyn wrote:

Saturn wrote:

He has the only reasonable justification for having a government. To prevent an eternal civil war.

Read Leviathan.

ruveyn

I'd tend to agree with Hobbes about that and I'm inclined to find out more about Hobbes. I'll maybe check out a podcast. Leviathan looks pretty intimidating. Have you checked out any of the Partially Examined Life podcasts?

artrat
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 6:54 pm Post subject:

You left out John Locke the father of liberalism. He inspiered the writers of the decleration of independence. I would not say that he was the greatest philosopher but he was influential to Thomas Jefferson and others american revolutionaries. I voted for Marx because he greatly inspired my political views. I agree with the majority of his ideas and socialism would not be the same without him. _________________ “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" ~George Orwell "I belive in God, only I spell it Nature." ~ Frank Llyod Wright

you_are_what_you_is
Phoenix
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 7:27 pm Post subject:

Paul Feyerabend. He earns bonus points because I find him enormously witty and entertaining to read, and, although I have plenty of disagreements with him on specifics, I find that his attitude and approach to philosophy (and life in general) resonates very strongly with me. He's surely had far more influence on me than any other philosopher. . _________________ "There is no idea, however ancient and absurd, that is not capable of improving our knowledge."

Brony2011
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 3:49 am Post subject:

I picked Spinoza, but I would feel better if this poll wasn't a single choice. Is it possible to make ones that allow mulitiple selections? And Kierkegaard is also missing. He's my other favorite.

peebo
Phoenix
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:31 am Post subject:

ruveyn wrote:

Saturn wrote:

He has the only reasonable justification for having a government. To prevent an eternal civil war.

Read Leviathan.

ruveyn

well, according to bakunin, and this appears to have been borne out to some degree by reality, the existence of governments and antagonism between states simply leads to eternal war anyway, so it seems that we are damned if we do and damned if we don't.
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Phoenix
Phoenix

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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:37 am Post subject:

Maimonides.

peebo
Phoenix
Phoenix

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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:48 am Post subject:

you missed out sartre. i think he should be on there. _________________ “Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.” Adam Smith

Saturn
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:07 am Post subject:

artrat wrote:

You left out John Locke the father of liberalism. He inspiered the writers of the decleration of independence.
I would not say that he was the greatest philosopher but he was influential to Thomas Jefferson and others american revolutionaries.

I voted for Marx because he greatly inspired my political views.
I agree with the majority of his ideas and socialism would not be the same without him.

Sorry to have left him out. I know he's a big name but not one I have had much experience of. Another one for me to check out in more detail.

Saturn
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:08 am Post subject:

you_are_what_you_is wrote:

Paul Feyerabend. He earns bonus points because I find him enormously witty and entertaining to read, and, although I have plenty of disagreements with him on specifics, I find that his attitude and approach to philosophy (and life in general) resonates very strongly with me. He's surely had far more influence on me than any other philosopher.

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Another one I'd like to find out about. Thanks for the recommendation.

Saturn
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:09 am Post subject:

Brony2011 wrote:

I picked Spinoza, but I would feel better if this poll wasn't a single choice. Is it possible to make ones that allow mulitiple selections?

And Kierkegaard is also missing. He's my other favorite.

It doesn't seem to be possible. I know it can be frustrating to be forced into one choice. Why Spinoza and why Kierkegaard?