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10-06-2011, 07:56 PM
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el Ruco
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Thus spake Zarathustra. A question of philosophy.
For the readers amongst us, which philosopher or philosophers do you most admire and/or find their philosophy closest to your own? Or perhaps, which has influenced your life in a meaningful way?
Don't let the thread title throw you; yes, that is a work by Nietzsche yet his world view is to me rather unattractive. I have long fancied several. These are not necessarily in order of importance to my understandings of philosophy: Diogenes of Athens Democritus of Miletus Archimedes of Syracuse Donatien Alphonse François monsieur le marquis de Sade of France George Bernard Shaw of England Jean-Paul Sartre of France Karl Marx of Germany Emile Durkheim of France Leon Trotsky of Russia Ernest Mandel of Belgium How 'bout you? |
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10-06-2011, 08:04 PM
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Not necessarily a philosopher, but I have always been a fan of Kurt Vonnegut. The man did have ideas though, to say the very least about him.
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10-06-2011, 09:19 PM
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I've found a lot of gems in the speculative science of futurist and author Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988).
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10-06-2011, 10:55 PM
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King Solomon
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10-06-2011, 11:31 PM
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Confucius
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10-06-2011, 11:50 PM
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Emmanuel Kant, Edmund Burke, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, even Machiavelli. I consider Steinbeck to be an under appreciated writer/philosopher.
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10-07-2011, 09:34 AM
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Let me also add that King Solomon is the only philosopher who has ever answered the question "What is the meaning of life?"
In Ecclesiastes, he expounds on the condition of man and the meaning of life. In Proverbs, he gives practical wisdom for everyday living and relating to others. In Song of Solomon, he explores love in all it's facets. And he does all that in a concise, yet poignant way. No other philosopher even comes close to covering the breadth of the human condition, let alone answering the questions of life. |
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10-07-2011, 11:45 AM
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...soon
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Read the Upanisads and the Rig Vedas.
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10-07-2011, 03:28 PM
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Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome - Marine Corps
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10-07-2011, 03:51 PM
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They see me trollin'...
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Thoreau. Simplify.
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10-07-2011, 07:11 PM
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10-07-2011, 07:13 PM
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10-07-2011, 07:15 PM
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10-07-2011, 09:58 PM
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Hannibal Smith
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