Who is your favorite philosopher?

This will be fun and requires little to no elaboration other than "Hi my favoriate philosopher is.... uhm, hmmm, uh ... Probably some off beat like Comte or Bergson Because the ideas have already really presented theirselves, and such things and so on and reading a philosopher who explored unturned paths like Bergson what I thought would be my best philosopher."


Your turn.

 

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I like Socrates.

“To live in accordance with the essence of things, is the premise of the moral life. One cannot live in peace of mind without at the same time being in harmony with reality.”


“The premises of a moral life is based on a covenant with reality.”

“No life is authentic that is in conflict with the order of the universe.”


And not knowing the order of the universe constitutes a serious handicap in living a moral life

 

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might as well cap it off



"virtue was the most valuable of all possessions; the ideal life was spent in search of the Good. Truth lies beneath the shadows of existence, and that it is the job of the philosopher to show the rest how little they really know."

 

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Hegel for the idea of "other".

 

George W Bush, because he would say the most stupid things and act like it was a divine revelation that only he could have.

 

Friedrich Nietzsche:
"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."

 

:roflmao:

 

Good advice.. Should I take it ?

 

I hate hegel, his whole system is just a joke. Care to elaborate?

 

"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories." ~Sun Tzu

 

Confucius


Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

Study the past if you would define the future.


The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.

To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.

 

My Mom. she had all kinds of sayings. She probably stole them, but...

A sharp tongue will cut your own throat
Don't let your mouth write a check your butt can't cash.
Worrying is like paying interest on something that hasn't happened

 

Wikipedia

 

I repeate.

 

Freidrich Nietzsche

 

I like the guy too. Very poetical.

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U.G. Krishnamurti

The human thinking is born out of some sort of neurological defect in the human body. Therefore anything that is born out of human thinking is destructive.



Food, clothing and shelter- these are the basic needs. Beyond that, if you want anything, it is the beginning of self-deception.



You have to be saved from the very idea that you have to be saved. You must be saved from the saviors, redeemed from the redeemers.



We are not created for any grander purpose than the ants that are there or the flies that are hovering around us or the mosquitoes that are sucking our blood.

 

Did he really say all that... I should research that huh.......

 

Mirza Assadullah Khan "Ghalib"

Baazeecha-e-atfal hai duniya mere aage
Hota hai sabo roz tamasha mere aage

The world is like a child's playground before me
I watch it at play day and night


Naqsh faryadi hai kiski shokhi-e-tehreer ka
Kaghzi hai pairahan har paikar-e-tasveer ka.

Against whose playful writing do the words beseech?
Every countenance is a mask of paper.

 

S.A.M I see you've shaved.