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Does anyone here have a favorite Philosopher? or does anyone here like Philosophy?
My fav philosopher would be Baron de Montesquieu.

i enjoy philoshophy somewhat

my favorite philsophy is u r born u live u die some wear in between u havea 15 minutes of fame i like to think of it as ur born ur have ur fame then u day cause if u dont try to do something gret all the time then whats the point of being here and what have u done to help out the world u know i dont know i kinda like that

lol birth growth development decrease death
stages of life.

sex is sumwere in there oo yeah everywere

lol

tom leykis.

I wouldn't know about such stuff...

anyone else?

Zhuge Liang for me!

*repeats sentence previously spoken by self*

i am very philisophical in lessons so my teachers say

I usually say "philisophical" wrong...

Here Rex, its a little article about Zhuge Liang.

http://www.kongming.net/novel/kma/zhugeliang.php

So long as no-one tries to mix Hulme and Kierkagaard like Ghost does in EtM...

so does my friend like metamorphisis(sorry bout the spelling)

Metamorphosis, btw. Couldn't resist...I am very gramatically correct, except for "occassionally." I never spell it right...

Zhuge Liang is interesting, Smithy. Lack of daughters or women at all, for that matter...

wow i was colser then i thought

You aren't THAT dumb, MKS...

well im only 14 and a very bad speller

I'm 15 and I'm in advanced literature classes...

you go boy!

nice im in a stupid all girls grammar skool

Thanks Diego!

Weird school. I think they shouldn't make schools like that...

anyone go to private school?

here hocky this is from history of the world.........

Dole Office Clerk: Occupation?
Comicus: Stand up philosopher.
Dole Office Clerk: What?
Comicus: Stand up philosopher. I coalesce the vapors of human existence into a viable and meaningful comprehension.
Dole Office Clerk: Oh, a BULLSHIT artist!

lol

Socrates is my fav and i'm gonna take philosophy as my major in college, i wanna make it a career. The only belief i truelly hold dear is that "there is no truth"-thanks Socrates!

i also am a fan of Plato...not really aristotle though

113 officially kicks ASS. i also a fan of Plato. Aristotle was his student but i never really liked Aristotle. Alexandre the Great was also a philosopher but concentraded too much on conquering lands and spreading hellenism. Hellenism means to spread culture. I think it comes from greek word Hellas.

Hellenism was the culture of the ancient Greek which was depicted through various arts(mainly statues). Alexander actually started to become hated by the Greeks after he started to abandon Hellenism and adopt cultures and traditions from the Persian Empire after conquering that.
Yeah i don't like how Aristotle believed that we can trust our senses, Plato said that we couldn't trust our senses to understand the world around us(can't be sure of anything)-and he gets that type of thinking from Socrates(his teacher) who believed that their is no ultimate truth, but rather many truths.

113....ur smart man. y do you make soo many dumb threads lol gj i like talking to intellectual people. or did you get that all off a website?

haha, i'm usually "dumb" on this site cause it's fun to be after constantly debating and shit with people in normal life.

and no i didn't get it off a website, i started reading up on philosophy on my own a few years ago, and then got into some more of it in ancient history class last year.

Plus sometimes it's just not fun debating after a while because people don't accept your beliefs. I tried that here and in other places and just got bashed.

i usually win in debates but there are some good competitions here. Like RR. He knows his philosophy.

Lau Tze

I also think VOltair is an excellent philosopher. Even though most of his books have been banned, but i have read Candide. Excellent book in my opinion. Voltair was a man that would walk up to you, insult you and you would never know.

yeah it seems like he knows a lot, but i dunno i haven't realy gotten into any debates with him.

I also usually "win" debates, my points are usually unchallengable.

hmmmm i would like to see Plato vs Horace (Qintus Flaccus) lol


hey can someone help me find some good websites on the life of Plato. plz. i want to learn more about him

dunno, a few years back when i was in a huge Atlantis frenzy i found a few websites which talked about PLato, but i don't think many of those websites would be very um..."official" ..just google search "plato" and you should come up with hundreds. Also try history websites.

thank you. if anyone has any websites plz do help. need info on Plato

no prob hock

philosophy is great

i've done alot of independant research on philosophy. The most renowned,and inspirational are of course the greeks.Anything on Socrates is a gaurenteed mind opening read. Aristotle is amazing with his beliefs that go against logic, and also like all the other greats. He possesed a mind that existed in a realm only a select few even ever glimpse.

My favorite philosophers come direct from ancient China. Asian philosophers and minds have always been a step above and in front of any others. Beliefs that were being hinted to during 800 b.c in greece were already acknowledged a generation earlier in asia. I'm not saying that socrates or plato, or aristotle have not given us great knowledge. They have realized things that no other could or will ever achieve. However asian philosophers push the boundaries of the mind, body and spirit like no other. Laozi was who pulled me twords chinese philosophy. The greatest realization in my opinion in all of philosophy is the theory of the yin and yang.

i also like some of Bruce lee's writings with the connection of the spirit and body

the theory of the yin and yang is very deep and interesting to learn. we didn't really learn much about the yin and yang but i think i would do some individual research after i get some more info on Plato. RR if u have any website on Plato plz do tell me

yeah i havent researched to much on the yin and yang, it has quite a lengthy past.

what kind of site are you looking for on plato ? imformation on his history or on his writings? I have a site i used to research him a while ago. I'ts not the best, but it does give a broad description on his life and also has links to other sites on info about him. I dont know how to post websites. i'll try this www.rocky.edu/~ehrichd/plato.html

info starts at the bottom of the page

thx RR, great website. i just need like a timeline of his life. his accomplishments. and some other interesting info. but thx its a great website

NP, hope you find what your lookin for

socrates

hmmmm here's a great question for everyone. Who do you think is the greatest philosopher of all time? hard question in my opinion.

socrates, just cause my beliefs are eerie similar to what he stated(but i had my beliefs before i even knew of him)...changed my life.

hmmm good choice. damn its hard to choose, there are soo many great ones check it, Voltaire, Locke, Hobbes, Montesquiue, Horace, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Diderot, Rousseau and more...

i like how Epicurus said that the pleasure of the human body is the stomach

jesus christ

i know many people would say socrates however i believe the student surpassed the teacher in this case. Plato was the first person to write in a dialogue manner. I dont know who the best would be, i dont even know how you would rate them. Philosophy is different perceptions. I guess you have to look at there achievments.

yeah philosophy is different perceptions and so is everything else, that's what Socrates realized and that's why i chose him
I don't think Plato "surpassed" Socrates, he just wrote all his work down(along with Socrates' works) i just think that Socrates made the most significant "discovery"(if you want to call it that). I mean unlike a lot of other philosophy's his can be applied to every single thing...ever...And i think even in this modern world his statements are highly ignored and overlooked

i diddnt mean that plato had surpassed socretes in knowledge, only in achievments.

oh ok, word...

i'm out, c ya all tomorrow night on FRIDAY WOOHOO 3 day weekend baby! goodnight

its getting late...im going to sleep soon.

Charlotte Perkins Gillman, Simone de Beauvoir, Mary Wollstonecraft

Yes Mary Wollstonecraft was great philosopher. I dont know much about Simone de Beauvoir but when i have time ill reaserch.

My favorite Native American philosopher is Chief Fullabull.

lol

what do you guyz think about Voltaire? Has anyone read Candide?

haven't read much Voltaire. What little I remember about him had something to do with him having an affair with a French scientist or mathmatician