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Topic: Who are some of your favorite philosophers?
HockeyJunkie Joined Wed 05/13/09 Posts: 54	Sat 05/23/09 10:40 AM
Who are they? Did they write some of your favorite philosophy books? I'm curious because I'm really into philosophy ever since I took it last semester and I'm looking for a good philosophical book to read. I just want to get some outside perspectives, thanks!

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Sat 05/23/09 10:44 AM
I just received a book called Descartes Bones It is a skeletal history of the conflict between faith and reason written by Russell Shorto It is about a grand and strange history of the 350 year long debate between religion and science - seen through the oddly momentous journey of the skull and bones of the great French philosopher Rene Descartes. I will tell you about it once I finished reading it.

quiet_2008 Joined Sat 08/30/08 Posts: 11138	Sat 05/23/09 10:46 AM
Ross Perot "Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown. "

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Sat 05/23/09 10:46 AM
To answer your question I enjoy most about Henry David Thoreau http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau

quiet_2008 Joined Sat 08/30/08 Posts: 11138	Sat 05/23/09 10:56 AM
Margaret Thatcher "The definition of compromise is lack of leadership"

lilott Joined Thu 10/12/06 Posts: 2295	Sat 05/23/09 11:04 AM
Dr Seuss

elwoodsully Joined Tue 05/01/07 Posts: 7477	Sat 05/23/09 11:11 AM
George Carlin

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Sat 05/23/09 11:16 AM
Joseph Campbell is also very interesting

HockeyJunkie Joined Wed 05/13/09 Posts: 54	Sat 05/23/09 12:43 PM
Thanks for all the great input, everybody!

earthytaurus76 Joined Wed 04/08/09 Posts: 6603	Sat 05/23/09 12:47 PM
Yogi Berra

metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Sat 05/23/09 12:58 PM
George Carlin I knew you were going to say that!

joad Joined Mon 12/15/08 Posts: 113	Sat 05/23/09 03:23 PM
My preference is for the ones that spread themselves over philosophy, psychology, and theology. Paul Tillich and William James are a couple of favorites.

galendgirl Joined Sun 07/06/08 Posts: 24728	Sat 05/23/09 07:56 PM
George Carlin I knew you were going to say that! Thread jumping! (Please see "mind reading" for further explanation!)

elwoodsully Joined Tue 05/01/07 Posts: 7477	Sat 05/23/09 08:17 PM
Bert ~n~ Ernie

Thoughtfulthug Joined Tue 05/05/09 Posts: 514	Mon 05/25/09 05:46 PM
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Thomas Nagel, Aristotle, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gottlob Frege, David Hume.....

creativesoul Joined Mon 04/16/07 Posts: 9166	Mon 05/25/09 09:17 PM
Spinoza... Witt... Rorty... Heidegger... Hume... My kids...

Bushidobillyclub Joined Fri 05/11/07 Posts: 5689	Tue 05/26/09 04:23 PM
Dan Dennet. "Consciousness Explained" is a good book.

SunnyMcleod Joined Fri 01/11/08 Posts: 15208	Tue 05/26/09 04:33 PM
I'd go with Muhatma Gandhi, everything I've ever read about him or by him I loved... or Seth Rogen, a really true Canadian if ever there was for my generation.

Jhavez Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 15557	Tue 05/26/09 06:42 PM
Einstein Yes, not only was he a scientist, but a philosopher as well. I did a paper on him in one of my Philosophy classes.

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