Who's your favorite philosopher?

RyuJin wrote: how did i miss this thread?

my favorite philosopher.... easy myself

Thanks RyuJin! I feel the same way now. I haven't been able to say that in a LOOOONG time. Whew.

While this might not be my favorite philosopher, Deepak Chopra wrote an extremely well written philosophy book "The Way of The Wizard." I highly recommended it and is a good book to meditate to. Each chapter is small but creates deep thought processes and should be taken slowly.

Anubis wrote: While this might not be my favorite philosopher, Deepak Chopra wrote an extremely well written philosophy book "The Way of The Wizard." I highly recommended it and is a good book to meditate to. Each chapter is small but creates deep thought processes and should be taken slowly.

Thank you. Is this in the Library? Here at TOTJo I mean?

Sorry I'm very new and wasn't even aware there was a library here

I am sad that it is not more prominent myself. But, it is highlighted here. It is at the bottom of the page!

Thank you, not sure how I missed that.

I agree with an earlier comment that your "favorite philosopher" is like your "favorite book" and usually ends up changing depending on what is going on in your life. I would say Kant is one of my all time favorites. I do love his efforts to synthesize logic and a good moral code (even if most people don't buy it). I haven't read Marcus Aurelius but I am beginning to notice him more and he does seem like somebody I would like. I also enjoy reading Machiavelli, Locke, Rousseau, Nietzsche, Rawls, Nozick, Foucault, and John Stuart-Mill. I believe that there is always at least a little bit to take from every philosopher.

I know he's famous for other things, but I have always enjoyed the philosophies of Bruce Lee.
He said that in life, like in martial arts, “Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.”.
His teachings were amazing. His goal was to be true to himself and his teachings were to inspire others to be true to themselves.

Albert Camus has had the greatest influence on my own life. Especially Myth of The Sisyphus and The Rebel. The distinctions between philosophic suicide, suicide and rebirth is quite wonderful

Albert Camus and Fredrick Nietzsche are the ones I go back to often.
Also, not a "philosopher", but I often read the complete works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as a 'bible' for reflection and inspiration.