Interesting Philosophers?

Discussion in 'Philosophy and Religion' started by My names Cory, Sep 8, 2010.

  1. lunarverse

    lunarverse The Living End

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    Descartes' Meditations were some of the first philosophy I ever read. They were a great place to start, starting out with the deconstruction of self realization. That blew my mind somewhat.
     
  2. LeviathanXII

    LeviathanXII Member

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    I liked Descartes, until I read a bit of Locke. Currently reading some Locke as well as Heidegger, both of which I recommend.
     
  3. lunarverse

    lunarverse The Living End

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    Locke is great. For a long time I was really into him and David Hume.
     
  4. claymation

    claymation Member

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    I always find myself referring to Marcus Aurelius.
     
  5. mati

    mati Member

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    Nagarjuna, David Hume, Lao Tzu, Sextus Empiricus
     
  6. My names Cory

    My names Cory Senior Member

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    Descartes was a great read!
     
  7. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    i am beginning to be interested in reading wittgenstein

    at the same time continually finding myself in the head of karl popper

    ?
     
  8. My names Cory

    My names Cory Senior Member

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    I can't seem to edit my first post again :(

    But i just wanted to say that i like the on-going discussions of philosophers and hope that it continues! Philosophy has become a great interest to me and you guys keep giving me more philosophers to read about! :D
     
  9. Manservant Hecubus

    Manservant Hecubus Master of Funk and Evil

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    That was my first book for him as well. It's definitely an interesting scholarly read but as come to learn more of zen I understand why many in zen call the Watts book 'dead words'.



    My two cent suggestion:
    Robert Anton Wilson
     
  10. Zorba The Grape

    Zorba The Grape Gavagai?

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    Try some Albert Camus: The Myth of Sisyphus and The Rebel are both great. His novels are also very philosophical and damn good: try The Stranger and The Plague.
     
  11. themnax

    themnax Senior Member

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    no person, living or dead, is as interesting as the process of thought itself. no one is without the capacity for weighing the same considerations as every one of them has had to confront.
     
  12. AK Bones

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    Paul Bruntons writings in my opinion are really good. From his earlier works all the way thru his collections of notebooks published after his death are filled with tons of information and interesting observations.
     
  13. MyImagination

    MyImagination Member

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    Schopenhauer, Nietzche, and Voltaire are great ones.
     
  14. cozmo_g

    cozmo_g Is Out Of This World

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    Read all of these or none of these. The goal is to create your own philosophy, isn't it?

    That said, I am currently into Alan Watts.
     
  15. stash napt

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    TheDope.. hehe :D
     
  16. SydBlotter

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    Bill Hicks, now he's my kind of philosopher.
     
  17. My names Cory

    My names Cory Senior Member

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    I agree with this!
    But Alan Watts is cool, wrote a paper on him..
     
  18. stonk

    stonk Member

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    philosophers and their books I enjoyed reading

    Wittgenstein - Tractatus Logico Philosophicus
    Hume - A Treatise of Human Nature - also Dialogues concerning a natural religion
    A.J. Ayer - Language Truth and Logic
     
  19. My names Cory

    My names Cory Senior Member

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    I'm currently looking into works by Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov..pretty interesting stuff.. especially "A Philosophy of Universality".
     
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