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Who do you think was the greatest philosopher of all time? Radio 4 vote

 
 
unheimlich manoeuvre
21:30 / 21.05.05
I thought this might be too lightweight for the Headshop.

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In our time's greatest philosopher vote.
Radio 4

It's a tough choice for me, having read so little.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
21:43 / 21.05.05
David Hume could out-consume Schopenhauer and Hegel

and he gets my vote too. God is made in Man's image and he argued that exquisitely.

I have a soft spot for Bertrand Russell, randy old goat, but I haven't really ploughed my way through his philosophy. Bit of a hero, politically, though.

I was sorely tempted to vote for Kylie Minogue on the earnest Radio 4 site.
 
 
Strange Machine Vs The Virus with Shoes
23:09 / 21.05.05
Well, I'm going to go all Alan Partrige and vote for Peter Ustinov.
 
 
unheimlich manoeuvre
23:48 / 21.05.05
The voting so far doesn't seem that earnest or self-important (hell I could do Oscar Wilde) lots of people have even spelt their favourite philosopher incorrectly.

I'm tempted by Kant (half-Scottish Afaik Xoc) or a frivolous nod to Herman Hesse for popular influence.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
08:32 / 22.05.05
All these years and I never knew about Kant's Scottish ancestry but seems you're right enough - Kant's grandfather emigrated to Kaliningrad from Scotland.
 
 
Alex's Grandma
10:24 / 22.05.05
On Flyboy's behalf, I have nominated Ayn Rand.
 
 
sleazenation
11:26 / 22.05.05
And I, on behalf of myself, will shrug.
 
 
astrojax69
21:50 / 22.05.05
what about BUDDHA, who chose the middle way - and i'm not even a buddhist... the responses so far are pretty eurocentric. philosophy should speak of the answers and questions fundamental to living and the doctrine of the buddha yeilds probably the greatest sense for all people. that said, SPINOZA and his ethics, that all is what it is, is pretty fundamental and sensible, too!

for pure reading value, NIETZSCHE gets the guernsey though this question is as obtuse as any that any philosophers have asked!
 
 
alejandrodelloco
00:41 / 23.05.05
Heehee, I put Nietzche too just because he was outright batshit from syphillis. Plus his stuff was full of all sorts of funny little puns in the original German. Hinterwelter=Hinterwalder etc. etc.
 
  
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