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So, I thought I'd chuck this up here after watching the argument about logic erupt on one of the AoS threads (the relationsihp between logic and language seems to be even more contentious than whether AoS is a good game or not ). So, very simple question: who is your favorite philosopher and why?
For me, it is the ever optimistic Soren Kierkegaard. I like how he writes, because he's clearly quite a funny guy. But I also like what he writes, as he seems quite willing to tackle the lived experience of a human being going about minding their own business, having to make choices and find their way in the world. He acknowledges the human condition in a way that may not necessarily be unique (Nietzsche would do similar but not identical stuff a bit later, as would Sartre), but that certainly seems relevant and engaging.
What about you guys? Arguing with Aristotle? Clubbing with Camus? Or Beefing with Bertrand?
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Don't really have one. I'm a big fan of cherry picking ideas rather than committing whole heartedly to just one point of view. I like Confucius, though.
I like Plato a lot. He is to philosophy what Tolkien is to fantasy. He pretty much laid the foundation for it. Or as one philosopher once noted: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."
Apart from Plato, I also really like Sun Tzu, Marx and Dostoyevksy.
By far my favourite however, is Tolstoy. I love his ideas of pacifism and asceticism. People who can put such ideas into practice, are the greatest people on the world.
Iron_Captain wrote: I like Plato a lot. He is to philosophy what Tolkien is to fantasy. He pretty much laid the foundation for it. Or as one philosopher once noted: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.".
Google tells me that Alfred North Whitehead said that. Frankly, between him and Aristotle you've got pretty much all of Western philosophy in general (ignoring the influence that Christianity has, technically, had on Europe )
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If I base this on who I've read the most of, that'd be Nietzche (Seriously, I made a valiant attempt to read through "Thus Spake, Zarathustra"... I made it about 1/4 of the way in)
But, more realisitcally, I think George Carlin is my favorite overall.
Bertrand Russell, Saul Kripke, John Searle, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Daniel Dennett, David Hume, Alfred North Whitehead, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Søren Kierkegaard; to name a few.
Also Arthur Schopenhauer, but only he was such an incredible donkey-cave.
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Iron_Captain wrote: I like Plato a lot. He is to philosophy what Tolkien is to fantasy. He pretty much laid the foundation for it. Or as one philosopher once noted: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.".
Google tells me that Alfred North Whitehead said that. Frankly, between him and Aristotle you've got pretty much all of Western philosophy in general (ignoring the influence that Christianity has, technically, had on Europe )
Yeah, I haven't actually read anything by Whitehead yet, but I from what I read about his ideas I think I'll like him a lot too. I'll see if I can find a Russian translation of his works anywhere.
edit: All it takes is a single internet search. Thanks VK. It is a miracle book stores still exist in Russia.
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). So, very simple question: who is your favorite philosopher and why?
