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originally posted in:Secular Sevens
Edited by Mister Sparkles :
11/10/2013 9:36:49 PM
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Most influential philosopher?
Bear in mind that this is not a question of who your [i]favourite[/i] philosopher is, but who you think is most influential as a whole. Of course, if you're a libertarian, you might be biased towards choosing someone like Ayn Rand, but try to be as neutral as possible.
So, discarding my (obvious) preference, I'll have to go with Immanuel Kant. Despite the fact that his ethics were retarded.
[u]Socrates, [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato]Aristocles (Plato)[/url] and Aristotle are barred from the competition. [/u]
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In a sense, Karl Marx was a philosopher. Also Buddha, and the Dali Lama
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Thank you for making a thread worth reading.
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Edited by Heptacle: 11/8/2014 3:59:29 AMSocrates, of course. That dude was the O.G. of philosophy. :) but since he's barred... Nietzsche maybe. Descartes. I was quite partial to Dostoevsky myself.
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Jaden Smith.
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It's funny how I made this thread a bit ago and it got like 20 replies XD
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6 RepliesWould one count Jesus as a philosopher? If so, then He is without a doubt, the most influential.
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For me it would be Carl Sagan.
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I came in here just to say Aristotle...
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The Amazing Atheist
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I would say the most influential philospoher was the monkey that said, "Hey, guys? Look, I was thinking, we can stand with our heads above the grass. There is a lot of food over in that field. Maybe we could walk upright, looking out for the lions and shit, and get that food."
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Edited by MoReCoWbELLx2x1: 11/18/2013 4:09:58 PMSince you took out the obvious choices, I'm gonna say Confucius. His teachings and writings shaped China for what it is today, and is still prevalent over their.
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Confucius
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I already gave the most correct answer so far.
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Kant becuase you barred everyone else
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Edited by Eternal Way: 11/18/2013 12:52:18 AMHistorically, it would have to be Aristotle or Kant.
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Karl Marx.
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Jesus
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Machiavelli, or Rousseau.
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No one on this site.
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Edited by IchEsseKinder: 11/11/2013 5:59:42 PMThomas Hobbes His ideologies essentially became the frame work for the United States and greatly influenced other philosophers like John Locke and Thomas Paine
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5 RepliesDr. Seuss You're pretty douchey, aren't you, OP?
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Thomas jefferson
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John Stewart Mill
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6 Repliesinb4Nietzche [spoiler]did I spell that right [/spoiler]
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Edited by Dayman: 11/11/2013 8:28:44 AM>not including Plato Stay Pleb.
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Edited by cxkxr: 11/11/2013 8:35:25 AMJohn Locke.
