Who's your favorite philosopher to read or learn about and why?

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[NamerOfStars]

To deviate from the usual classics a bit: G. K. Chesterton. He was a 20th-century author, and a REMARKABLY interesting guy- too conservative for the Liberals and too liberal for the Conservatives; too moderate for the extremists and too extreme for the moderates; too Catholic for the catholics and too catholic for the Catholics. His philosophizing was focused more on universal, everyday experiences, and is pretty inextricably tied to religion, both of which are reasons few people talk about his ideas. His worst enemy said the world needed more people like him.

His works are all in the public domain, now; Gutenberg's got most if not all of them.

[artstatues]

-Marcus Aurelius. Stoicism is my favored school of practical philosophy, and Aurelius is the culmination, in my view, of all prior Stoicism. His Meditations is a journal, addressed to himself, wherein he struggles to put together his life-principles and remain impassive in the face of his enormous responsibility. If you’re a literary type of person who only wants to read philosophy on the side, this goes at the top of your reading list.-Spinoza. -Wittgenstein, although I’m not quite as mesmerized by him as I used to be. There is a mystique about him. At any rate, his observations on language are important, and his offhand remarks about various fields are quite insightful.-Plato. I mean… It’s Plato.

[HighlyVolatile]

Marcus Aurelius. I like Stoicism and I find it interesting how even a Roman emperor (who could have anything he wants) could find so much wisdom and value in Stoicism.

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[Agape93]

Torn between hegel, kant and lovecraft.

[Blackcupcake]

I hate philosophy lol

[OfDeath]

They were all gay.