Why do they have to be Western Philosophers, why can't they be Eastern Philosophers?

I would say Nietzche is my favorite, even when he never claimed himself as a philosopher... why, because he gives a new breath to humanity.

The one I like the less... Kant, I just can't agree with most of his statements.

My favorite philosopher would probably be Ludwig Wittgenstein. Not for his ideas as much (as in fact he practically contradicted himself on every point in his early and later writings ) but his bizzare methods and overall style. He took an extremely unique approach to problems.

As far as least favorite philospher, probably George Berkeley (I don't really even consider him a philosopher ). I'm not sure how he made a living mocking Newton's calculus, while simultaneously spewing half-baked ideas of his own.

Favorite (Two) Western philosophers: Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein
Favorite (Two) Eastern Philosophers: Buddha and Nagarjuna

Favorite book that made me think: The Emptiness of Emptiness by CW Huntington.
Favorite book that stopped me thinking: Open Secret by Tony Parsons

I like Socrates (Is he Western or Eastern?).

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
Immanuel Kant
Voltaire
Friedrich Nietzsche

Platon,Aristotel,Toma Aquinus,Descartes,Kant

Because you may not agree with them but they shaped western philosophy in the way that no other phylosopher does.

Alan Watts. Check him out hey

Platon i dont like any "new" ones

West: Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Heidegger
East: Kung Fu Tzu


The influence of Hume -> Kant, the former "interrupted the dogmatic slumber" of the latter, just totally fascinates me. Although it is somewhat unfortunate that metaphysics was destroyed by them, their works are simply unmatched by other thinkers and there are so much to learn from them. Heidegger because I simply think he's the greatest continental thinker (which is my interest).

How can somebody who served to nazi regime and after war write paper On humanisam be a great thinker?

Do I hear some ad hominem fallacy?
Please tell me you're being sarcastic or that you haven't read Being and Time
Neither have I read the whole book but I studied him in a couple of my class (and I will take his class taught by Dreyfus this coming fall) Nevertheless, stereotyping one's character or identification is a form of ignorance/irrationality and is not even a good way to engage in philosophy (that is if you're engaged in philosophy at all)

Unfortunatly I was forced to read Being and Time and that is why I can tell what I told.Heidegger is Knut Hamsun of philosophy.Pure humanism is what make dictinction between expert and intelectual,so thay are experts but intelectuals or humanist no for sure.

Favorite: John Locke. I can relate to the way he thinks, which makes him a joy to read even when I disagree.

Least Favorite: Nietzsche. I may be on the path to nihilism myself, but that doesn't mean I thank Nietzsche for it. I mean, seriously, could anything be more depressing?

-- to answer my own question, I suppose Nietzsche + Darwin is even worse.

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Awww, poor bubby had to read a book for class! Bad teacher! Bad!

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If you enjoy reading Locke I recommend to you for the bottom of my hart to start read Heidegger.Both of them have nothing to say in epistemiology level.

My favorite is Spinoza. I believe that he is pretty much the only philosopher who is... well,... right.

My least favorite is probably Hobbes, but that's more due to his attitude than his ideas.

Berkeley's criticism of Calculus was very fair and very well-done.

Mathematicians of the time knew two things very well:

(a) that Calculus worked; and
(b) that Calculus was on shaky theoretical footing.

They knew what they meant, but they didn't know how to explain it or prove it formally. Oh, the verbal hoops they jumped through.

In the 1800's they fixed it, vindicating (to some extent) Berkeley's complaints.

[Aside: I have no idea what Berkeley wrote on philosophy, I'm only familiar with his famous rant against "ghosts of departed quantities" ]

He's western. The ancient Greeks, as well as the Romans are considered to be part of western culture.
Easy there, Godwin.