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Topic: name your most influential philosopher
TBRich Joined Fri 11/07/08 Posts: 8232	Thu 01/29/09 12:11 PM
Oswald Spengler

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Thu 01/29/09 12:29 PM
other philosphers that I enjoy to read include: Johann Jakob Bachofen , Ludwig Büchner , Eugen Dühring , Johann Augustus Eberhard , Albert Einstein , Friedrich Engels , Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach, Johann Gottlieb Fichte , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Immanuel Kant, Otto Liebmann , Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Rosenkranz, Friedrich Schiller, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Max Weber

Jess642 Joined Sat 03/31/07 Posts: 22732	Thu 01/29/09 12:34 PM
other philosphers that I enjoy to read include: Johann Jakob Bachofen , Ludwig Büchner , Eugen Dühring , Johann Augustus Eberhard , Albert Einstein , Friedrich Engels , Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach, Johann Gottlieb Fichte , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Immanuel Kant, Otto Liebmann , Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Rosenkranz, Friedrich Schiller, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Max Weber In alphabetical order n'all!!

Filmfreek Joined Sat 11/15/08 Posts: 2541	Thu 01/29/09 12:37 PM
Bill Hicks

voileazur Joined Sun 03/11/07 Posts: 2140	Thu 01/29/09 01:08 PM
other philosphers that I enjoy to read include: Johann Jakob Bachofen , Ludwig Büchner , Eugen Dühring , Johann Augustus Eberhard , Albert Einstein , Friedrich Engels , Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach, Johann Gottlieb Fichte , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Immanuel Kant, Otto Liebmann , Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Rosenkranz, Friedrich Schiller, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Max Weber In alphabetical order n'all!! I like that keen sense of observation of yours 'Jess'. N'f'said!!!

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Thu 01/29/09 01:13 PM
There are many more philosophers that are interesting to read, but those above are worth reading if you get a chance.

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Thu 01/29/09 01:25 PM
If George Calin can be qualified as a philosopher then I could vote for him as a influential person in this department. Here are some of his quotes: The planet is fine. The people are ****ed! I love and treasure individuals as I meet them; I loathe and despise the groups they identify with and belong to. No one knows what’s next, but everybody does it. "If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?" "Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things." "If god had intended us not to masturbate he would have made our arms shorter."

voileazur Joined Sun 03/11/07 Posts: 2140	Thu 01/29/09 01:27 PM
L. Ron Hubbard I know you have a sense of humour and so this might be just that, a product of your humour. If not however, and while I absolutely wouldn't think of judging you for this choice, I do wonder about the choice!?!?!? First off, I like what I read of you, and respect you fully, so this is not personnal. BUT L. RON HUBBARD?!?!? I am baffled. I mean again no disrespect to you, and while I trust that there is something good and dignifying in all of us, including L.R.H., this man's road took a few too many wrong turns to the 'dark side'!!! His 'scientology' legacy is largely regarded as the worst 'cults' have to offer. Nothing ever clear or clean seems to come out of stories about the 'organization' he founded and lead for years. OK! enough said. If he is your choice, no judgment from me, you still have all my respect. If it is a joke though, GOOD ONE!!!

quiet_2008 Joined Sat 08/30/08 Posts: 11138	Thu 01/29/09 01:52 PM
Stephen Colbert or maybe Willie

rcoates45 Joined Mon 01/26/09 Posts: 2	Thu 01/29/09 08:34 PM
Incorrect

Dragoness Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 23320	Thu 01/29/09 08:35 PM
Me, I have to say that because I don't know about any philosopher, I always come up with my own philosophies.

mixmantech Joined Sun 01/11/09 Posts: 1019	Thu 01/29/09 08:35 PM
who ever figuered out that smoking a pot plant got you HIGH, HAPPY, AND HUNGRY

SkyHook5652 Joined Sat 08/23/08 Posts: 4063	Fri 01/30/09 12:51 AM Edited by SkyHook5652 on Fri 01/30/09 01:00 AM
L. Ron Hubbard I know you have a sense of humour and so this might be just that, a product of your humour. If not however, and while I absolutely wouldn't think of judging you for this choice, I do wonder about the choice!?!?!? First off, I like what I read of you, and respect you fully, so this is not personnal. BUT L. RON HUBBARD?!?!? I am baffled. I mean again no disrespect to you, and while I trust that there is something good and dignifying in all of us, including L.R.H., this man's road took a few too many wrong turns to the 'dark side'!!! His 'scientology' legacy is largely regarded as the worst 'cults' have to offer. Nothing ever clear or clean seems to come out of stories about the 'organization' he founded and lead for years. OK! enough said. If he is your choice, no judgment from me, you still have all my respect. If it is a joke though, GOOD ONE!!! Yeah, I was wondering if someone would think I was joking. But I really wasn’t. Whatever public relations problems the Church of Scientology might have, I’m speaking strictly in answer to the OP question. His philosophy, theory and research into the mind and spirit makes more sense, and (more importantly) proves to be more workable, to me, than anything else I’ve ever read or heard of. I think it is unfortunate that the ad hominem attacks work so well.

SkyHook5652 Joined Sat 08/23/08 Posts: 4063	Fri 01/30/09 01:02 AM
L. Ron Hubbard I know you have a sense of humour and so this might be just that, a product of your humour. If not however, and while I absolutely wouldn't think of judging you for this choice, I do wonder about the choice!?!?!? First off, I like what I read of you, and respect you fully, so this is not personnal. BUT L. RON HUBBARD?!?!? I am baffled. I mean again no disrespect to you, and while I trust that there is something good and dignifying in all of us, including L.R.H., this man's road took a few too many wrong turns to the 'dark side'!!! His 'scientology' legacy is largely regarded as the worst 'cults' have to offer. Nothing ever clear or clean seems to come out of stories about the 'organization' he founded and lead for years. OK! enough said. If he is your choice, no judgment from me, you still have all my respect. If it is a joke though, GOOD ONE!!! Yeah, I was wondering if someone would think I was joking. But I really wasn’t. Whatever public relations problems the Church of Scientology might have, I’m speaking strictly in answer to the OP question. His philosophy, theory and research into the mind and spirit makes more sense, and (more importantly) proves to be more workable, to me, than anything else I’ve ever read or heard of. I think it is unfortunate that the ad hominem attacks work so well.

voileazur Joined Sun 03/11/07 Posts: 2140	Fri 01/30/09 06:29 AM
L. Ron Hubbard I know you have a sense of humour and so this might be just that, a product of your humour. If not however, and while I absolutely wouldn't think of judging you for this choice, I do wonder about the choice!?!?!? First off, I like what I read of you, and respect you fully, so this is not personnal. BUT L. RON HUBBARD?!?!? I am baffled. I mean again no disrespect to you, and while I trust that there is something good and dignifying in all of us, including L.R.H., this man's road took a few too many wrong turns to the 'dark side'!!! His 'scientology' legacy is largely regarded as the worst 'cults' have to offer. Nothing ever clear or clean seems to come out of stories about the 'organization' he founded and lead for years. OK! enough said. If he is your choice, no judgment from me, you still have all my respect. If it is a joke though, GOOD ONE!!! Yeah, I was wondering if someone would think I was joking. But I really wasn’t. Whatever public relations problems the Church of Scientology might have, I’m speaking strictly in answer to the OP question. His philosophy, theory and research into the mind and spirit makes more sense, and (more importantly) proves to be more workable, to me, than anything else I’ve ever read or heard of. I think it is unfortunate that the ad hominem attacks work so well. Well I salute you 'skyhook'! It takes a special brand of courage, lucidity, humility and profound loyalty to stand for one's convictions in the face of such negative controversy. As I said earlier, there is something good and dignifying in all of us, and you are lucid enough to dig the gold out of L.R.H. works, from what seems to be a mud pile (perceptions) to a lot of us. Reminds me that if it hadn't been for Plato, SOCRATES would have died a bum and forgotten freak of the human race. Got to wonder! Again, I salute you 'skyhook'.

creativesoul Joined Mon 04/16/07 Posts: 9166	Sat 01/31/09 12:02 PM
Lao Tzu

Pauland1990 Joined Wed 01/28/09 Posts: 17	Sat 01/31/09 10:43 PM
If George Calin can be qualified as a philosopher then I could vote for him as a influential person in this department. Here are some of his quotes: The planet is fine. The people are ****ed! I love and treasure individuals as I meet them; I loathe and despise the groups they identify with and belong to. No one knows what’s next, but everybody does it. "If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?" "Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things." "If god had intended us not to masturbate he would have made our arms shorter." lol! I Vote Carlin!!!

raiderfan_32 Joined Tue 01/20/09 Posts: 1328	Sun 02/01/09 11:11 AM
Malthus

creativesoul Joined Mon 04/16/07 Posts: 9166	Sun 02/01/09 11:50 AM
Spinoza Hume Jesus Paul Bugs Bunny

Jess642 Joined Sat 03/31/07 Posts: 22732	Sun 02/01/09 12:30 PM
Dr Suess!!!!! " There is no one in life, more you-er than you"