Best Philosopher

[Vedius Pollio]

Which of the following philosophers do you think is the most important?

[RevChris77]

If I vote for Hobbes, does that automatically include Calvin?

[Vedius Pollio]

If I vote for Hobbes, does that automatically include Calvin?

Actually, it's a little scary that the boy and the tiger are named after two of the most disturbing philosophers to have lived before Nietzsche.

[Kittyboymuffin]

How is Nietzsche disturbing?

[Vedius Pollio]

How is Nietzsche disturbing?

I mean "disturbing to little old ladies" not "disturbing to a forum full of bisexual hedonists and allies".

[WangyJohn]

Take a wild guess, really.

Never really dabbled into philosophy, it sounds like a un-fun way to fuck up ones mind.

[Kittyboymuffin]

I was thinking in terms of how most people misinterpret what Nietzsche was actually saying, i.e. "God is dead, we should try something other than Christian morality" does not mean "I'm a nihilist, any morality is pointless." And when existentialists say "What's it all about, really, when you get right down to it?" they're honestly asking because they want to know the answer.

[Aeridus]

Do any of them believe that the universe may exist?

Personally, my favorite is Zhuang Zhou.
"Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man."

[Kittyboymuffin]

Well, that's easy to understand! Did he write his poems using a brush, or by flapping around making information-rich patterns in the air or laying eggs on cappage leaves or something? *hides that he's holding open a copy of Thief of Time under his desk*

Also, the sound of one hand clapping is a "cl." The other hand makes the "ap."

[LeftTentacleGreen]

I voted Nietzsche, but in my heart I know it'll always be Carlin.

[Orwell]

Nietzsche is arguably the 'best' IMO, however if you want the most important, I believe Machiavelli easily takes that title. If you look at discoursi, it's pretty easy to draw parallels between it and the US constitution especially, but pretty much all of the western democracies are influenced by the fellows writing.

[Aeridus]

Well, that's easy to understand! Did he write his poems using a brush, or by flapping around making information-rich patterns in the air or laying eggs on cappage leaves or something? *hides that he's holding open a copy of Thief of Time under his desk*

Also, the sound of one hand clapping is a "cl." The other hand makes the "ap."

You make a good point; Pratchett is probably the best and most important philosopher. :B I love the whole concept that "what happens when you die depends on what you believed while you were alive".

[Kittyboymuffin]

Yeah, I also like the idea that "a sin is when you treat people like things."

Though it might be fun to put it as "A sin is the opposite over the hypotenuse."

[RavenxDrake]

Yeah, I also like the idea that "a sin is when you treat people like things."

That reminds me of Lazurus Long, and by extension Heinlein...

[Aeridus]

*treats KittyBoy like a coffee table* :3

[Kittyboymuffin]

*attempts to protest through his ballgag that indulging in fetishes doesn't count*

[Churba]

*treats KittyBoy like a coffee table* :3

You're throwing a bunch of magazines on him?

[WangyJohn]

*treats KittyBoy like a coffee table* :3

You're throwing a bunch of magazines on him?

So...

Am I the only one who fucks coffee tables?

[Aeridus]

I guess so!

*proceeds to put his feet up on KittyBoy and sets an ice cold cup of water on him*