POLL: Who is your favorite Philosopher and why?

[FlashG]

Originally posted by: 5to1baby1in5
I was always kind of partial to the Reverand Jim Jones. :evil:

Punch anyone?

 

[thesurge]

Originally posted by: CrazyHelloDeli

Originally posted by: thesurge

Originally posted by: CrazyHelloDeli

Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
CS Lewis

Oooh good one. Cant beliveve I forgot him!

CS Lewis as in the Chronicles of Narnia author?
or do you mean
CI Lewis?

Yes, CS Lewis. He wrote many many other books than just Chronicles of Narnia all with deep, albeit religious, philisophical insights. They were also very uplifting and bright, which is very rare in most contemporary philosophy.

Narnia itself had some Christian, philosophical insight (for children literature). I just neither thought of Lewis when I think of prominent twentieth century philosophers nor have I studied him much. Could you recommend some books written by him?

 

[Moonbeam]

Was it Gerenzo Wrenchwhistle who told me that time is money, friend?

 

[Praxis1452]

update the poll =D

 

[tfinch2]

Offbeat nomination: Alan Turing

 

[Howard]

Where is Ayn Rand (not that I am or am not voting for her)?

 

[HomeAppraiser]

So-crates
All we are is dust in the wind, dude.
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.

 

[Coquito]

Three Philosophers



/waves at HelloDeli

Glad to see you're doing well.

 

[Jinru]

lol what a coincidence, I just finished a 2 week discussion in my philosophy class about Schopenhauer. My pick was Buddha.

 

[opticalmace]

requesting carl sagan...

voted for russell

 

[Gibsons]

Epicurus

 

[SuepaFly]

Gotta say Kierkegaard. When I first read Fear and Trembling, it absolutely amazed me. It's not just about faith as applied to Christianity, but faith in general. It really defined my thoughts on the subject and made me think the journey one has to take in order to be who they are to be. His ideas are abstract enough for me to refer to them in many situations

Second though, I'd say Ralph Waldo Emerson, except he wasn't as articulate about his thoughts.

 

[Orsorum]

Marcus Aurelius (or Zeno of Citium, if you prefer). I'm also a fan of Siddhartha Gautama.

 

[Praxis1452]

Originally posted by: Howard
Where is Ayn Rand (not that I am or am not voting for her)?

blah forgot her too.

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Kierkegaard, followed very, very, very closely by Robert Pirsig, with Pascal, Nietzsche, and Simone Weil running right behind.

ZV

In case you didn't see this interview with Pirsig in the Guardian.

 

[91TTZ]

Blackinches.

Probably the deepest and most influential thing he ever said was, and I quote: "Blackinches"

It baffles the mind.

 

[Kadarin]

Nietzsche. How can anyone argue with this quote: "Faith: not wanting to know what is true."

 

[uberman]

Buddah, "Desire causes suffering." Learn to be happy with what you have and what you've achieved otherwise you will be condemned by your insatiable desires to always be unhappy.

 

[Maetryx]

Alvin Plantinga, mainly for his book God, Freedom, and Evil which counters the notion that the existence of evil disproves the existence of God.

 

[Juno]

damn, can't decide between aristotle and mill.

 

[uberman]

Sun Tzu, "All war is based on deception." I draw on his philosophy for litigation.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: Howard
Where is Ayn Rand (not that I am or am not voting for her)?

That was my first thought in reading the options - "The Randians are going to punch the OP in the face."

That being said, where is the big JC himself, you pathetic, little, atheist, commie, pinko, marshmallow-fondling liberarian?

 

[mrkun]

Originally posted by: CrazyHelloDeli

I also find his ontological reasoning behind the existance of God to be particularly compelling.

The ontological argument in all its formulations from Anselm to Malcom is a joke. It's by far the weakest "proof" for the existence of God. Why people have persisted in trying to support it for so long is beyond me.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Originally posted by: mrkun

Originally posted by: CrazyHelloDeli

I also find his ontological reasoning behind the existance of God to be particularly compelling.

The ontological argument in all its formulations from Anselm to Malcom is a joke. It's by far the weakest "proof" for the existence of God. Why people have persisted in trying to support it for so long is beyond me.

QFTMFT. Sorry to the OP for veering off-topic, but mrkun quite perfectly encapsulated my thoughts on the ontological argument. It is so unbelievably asinine it confounds me that serious thinkers give it the effort and endorsement that they do.

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

Originally posted by: Garth

Originally posted by: mrkun

Originally posted by: CrazyHelloDeli

I also find his ontological reasoning behind the existance of God to be particularly compelling.

The ontological argument in all its formulations from Anselm to Malcom is a joke. It's by far the weakest "proof" for the existence of God. Why people have persisted in trying to support it for so long is beyond me.

QFTMFT. Sorry to the OP for veering off-topic, but mrkun quite perfectly encapsulated my thoughts on the ontological argument. It is so unbelievably asinine it confounds me that serious thinkers give it the effort and endorsement that they do.

Well ive read quite a view refutations of ontology, I am always am interested in why people believe or dont believe what they do. So, if its not too much trouble, what have you read that convinced you of its absurdity? Im simply asking out of curiosity of whether I have read it or not.

Oh, and I added Ayn Rand.