In your opinion who is the best philosopher

Question

I would also like a reason why. Personally I feel socrates,Voltaire and Seneca

Answer 1

Plotinus was perhaps the most personally advanced (in terms of Soul-individuation, coherency of awareness).

Plato asked the majority of basic, insightful questions, and understood Mind's Ideas.

Husserl was very attained, "Pure Ego," and more definite in his explication ("Experience and Judgment," etc.).

Whitehead was perhaps the most balanced, nuanced.

Bergson was very often intuitively correct.

A couple of worthwhile, accessible, and modern lay thinkers:  O. M. Aivanhov, "A Philosophy of Universality," and Mark Prophet, "The Path of the Higher Self."

Answer 2

Friedrich Nietzsche. He saw that will-to-power motivates human action, and probably also motives action among many of the animals. Nature tests all life for worthiness, and if these tests are not fair, then fairness has no important meaning. I'd say that wisdom emanates from Nietzsche (the basis), Darwin (application to biology), and Hitler (application to politics). These fellows can give to social science the sensibleness that is seldom seen therein, but which is so commonplace in the physical sciences that it is taken for granted.

Answer 3

Aristotle or Einstein.

Answer 4

I personally don't think there is a "best" philosopher; there is something to learn from each great philosopher. Each has an interesting perspective, valuable thoughts and, of course, flaws.  

Answer 5

How very grand.

I prefer to think basically for myself, with input from others when necessary.

For many in my part of the world, it's Buddha.

Answer 6

Confucius: dont do unto others what you dont want others do unto you.

Explanation: its because it gives the possibility to people to   refrain to do something not good to others.

                Everything has a beauty, but not everyone sees them.

Explanation: God created everything and its all beautiful in its unique style, but other dont appreciate certain things because they do have a choice.

Answer 7

I kind of think these philosophers were uptight white men and I don't know all of them. Out of those I do know I'd have to say...... HOBBES(absolute monarchy)!!!! No jk. Well I suppose you can't really go wrong with Voltaire. "I may not agree with what you have to say but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." We Americans love freedom of speech. lol. I don't like America

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Answer 8

William James.  

Answer 9

So many really amazing ones.  I really don't count number of sayings on how I credit them.  I do it on substance.

Laozi - "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Gandhi - "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

Any my personal favorite which he is never really given the credit he deserves as a philosopher, Ben Franklin.

- "Beware of the young doctor and the old barber."

- "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."

- "A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over."

- "Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."

- ""Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.""

Answer 10

Epicurus.  The most practical philosopher of ethics, and the most accurate ancient philosopher of natural science.