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FotoPlasma
04-09-2002, 03:14
Who's your favorite philosopher, of any kind?

And they don't even have to be commonly thought of as a philosopher...

I'd have to go with Nietzshe, but I'm really weird.


(Sorry Rick, it's late, and I forgot... :()
MissInformation
04-09-2002, 09:38
Soren Kierkegaard "To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself. "

And though you won't find him listed as a philosopher in most places but I don't see a difference between him and these others, Eric Hoffer (who wrote a lot about why people join mass movements and the nature of fanatics): "What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds."

MissInformation

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And my all time favorite: Calvin and Hobbes "What's the point of wearing your favorite rocketship underpants if nobody ever asks to see 'em?"
Mike Schroeder
04-09-2002, 11:23
Homer Simpson - To start press any key - where's the any key I am still waiting for an any key
Rob Ribaudo
04-09-2002, 15:39
Originally posted by Mr.Volcano
Homer Simpson - To start press any key - where's the any key I am still waiting for an any key
Here you go! :D (http://store.yahoo.com/computergear/pressanykey4.html)

Anyway, I will go with Hideaki Anno, creator of the anime series Evangelion. The story from Evangelion was great and taught me a couple of things about mythology, religion, and philosopy. If you want to see a great story and learn mythology, religion, and philosopy I would sugest you watch Hideaki Anno greatest anime, Evangelion.
Aaron Lussier
04-09-2002, 15:45
That guy named Anonymous seemed to have a lot of good stuuf to talk about. Really though I'd have to go with Spencer Johnson autor of "who moved my cheese"

"When you move beyond your fear you feel free"
evulish
04-09-2002, 17:07
Jean-Luc Piccard :-D
MBiddy
04-09-2002, 20:18
I didn't know Schopenhauer was a philosopher!

Yeah! He's the one that begins with an "S"!

Do all philosophers begin with an "S"?

Yeah! I think they do!
Joe Matt
04-09-2002, 20:31
Walt Disney

:D

No, really, I think it wouldn't be a FIRST thread unless it had a

MONTY PYTHON CONNECTION!!!

How about international philosophie soccer championship.
mtaman02
04-09-2002, 23:17
monty python in search of the holy grail !!!!
George1902
05-09-2002, 03:39
JRR Tolkien had some very philisophical lines in his books.

Many who live deserve death, and many have died who deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, because even the Wise cannot see all ends. -- Gandalf, LotR

another quote i like, though it may be more of a political philosophy...

The government that governs best governs least. -- Thomas Jefferson

and for the most profound line in the history of cinema, just read my signature =-]

George
S.P.A.M.
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Ken Loyd
05-09-2002, 21:19
How about Ayn Rand, Thomas Aquinas, or Sir Thomas More? Any takers?

Ken Loyd
MBiddy
05-09-2002, 21:35
William Shatner

But.......at what......cost?
Mike Schroeder
05-09-2002, 22:20
Albert Einstien (I think) - I do not know what kind of weapons World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stonse
George1902
06-09-2002, 13:12
ooh... Ayn Rand... very cool

George
S.P.A.M.
Team 180
dlavery
07-09-2002, 00:38
Buckaroo Bonzai : "No matter where you go, there you are."

(it's really hard to beat insight like that!)

-dave
FIRSTnut_000
10-09-2002, 18:33
It depends on how you mean "philosopher". I pulled this from the dictionary 1 a : a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment : SCHOLAR, THINKER

By that definition, we are all philosophers. We all think, we (well, most of us) seek wisdom. I know I do.

So, my favorite thinker would have to be Dean Kamen himself.
FotoPlasma
10-09-2002, 21:45
Originally posted by FIRSTnut_000
It depends on how you mean "philosopher". I pulled this from the dictionary 1 a : a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment : SCHOLAR, THINKER

By that definition, we are all philosophers. We all think, we (well, most of us) seek wisdom. I know I do.

So, my favorite thinker would have to be Dean Kamen himself.

I was aware of this. Philosoph, simply, means "lover of wisdom/knowledge". I was curious as to whether anyone would point this out, and then make the connection to all of us.

We participate in FIRST oriented activities voluntarilly, and I assume that in doing so we are all learning, gathering knowledge. We are all lovers of knowledge and wisdom, therefore we are all philosophs, however, it all depends on your interpretation of the word...

/me wanders off...