Who Is Your Favorite Philosopher? (western, morality, Aristotle)

[Boxcar Overkill]

Before that question was asked to George Bush in his first presidential debates with Gore, I don't think I had ever heard anyone say they had a "favorite philosopher". HOnestly, I can't think of one I would call my favorite. There are many I think had great ideas, and some I don't appreciate. But I don't think I can say I have a "favorite philosopher."

[opelske]

Nietzsche - because his works are misinterpreted.
Socrates - his way of teaching math, his beliefs.

[Tzaphkiel]

Originally Posted by imbobbbb

insan777,because its so much fun trying to make sense of his posts.

that reminds me of effie briest and her posts

[Tzaphkiel]

oh, another of mine is

Hafiz

[coyoteskye]

Originally Posted by Tzaphkiel

oh, another of mine is

Hafiz

Oh, I adore Hafiz.
Although i would say that he is a mystic and poet and not so much a philosopher.

[GolfingCat]

Originally Posted by imbobbbb

insan777,because its so much fun trying to make sense of his posts.

lol, true!

[2nd trick op]

Dr. Eric Hoffer -- a "self-made man" if ever there was one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Hoffer

[Thoreau424]

RW Emerson, HD Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and Bronson Alcott are a few favorites. I.e. the Concord Transcendentalists. Buckminster Fuller, Jacob Needleman, Lao Tsu.

[verybadgnome]

John Locke, maybe the most underappreciated non-American there is. Look how well it turned out compared to the alternatives at the time:

[GoCardinals]

Allama Muhammad Iqbal.