And your favourite Philosopher is...?

[Ulf]

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[Absinthe]

I can't name my 'favorite' as it goes beyond objective opinion to judge philosophy...

But I can say that the most influential of the western ones for me have been Nietzsche, Heidegger, Heraclitus, Plato, Parmenidus, Diogenis, Max Stirner, Jean Paul Sartre, Jean Baudrillard, etc.

But I also draw great inspiration from various Hindu philosophical schools as well as some aspects of Tibetan Buddhism.

[Ulf]

Although not my favorite, I do like Derrida.

[YggsVinr]

A few would be Nietzsche, Schiller, Derrida, Emerson, Thoreau, and Evola among many others.

[Loddfafner]

Nietzsche, Foucault, Popper.

[Ulf]

Thoreau needs to be placed in my original post right after Nietzsche. Something in me regards him among greatest of minds.
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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

Do not lose hold of your dreams or asprirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.

However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not bad... it looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults, even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way

-Thoreau

[Liffrea]

I’m more drawn to classical philosophy, the Stoicism of Epictetus and Seneca provides an excellent set of teachings. Along with the Havamal and the NNV I use these works as my ethical guides.

[Loki]

Richard Dawkins.

[Poltergeist]

Arthur Schopenhauer.

[Murphy]

St Thomas Aquinas and by extension Aristotle.

Regards,
Eóin.