Philosophers, who do you like most?

[MrGoat]

Since this is a group of individuals much more learned than myself. I’m interested to know who throughout history you think had incredible advice and wisdom.

Marcus Aurelius and Seneca are some of mine.

Please post quotes from those you think are great so we can all enjoy.

Some of my favorites.

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” - Marcus Aurelius

“All cruelty stems from weakness.” - Seneca


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[Mifune]

Buddha...

[MrGoat]

Originally Posted by Mifune

Buddha...

What did Buddha say that resonates most with you?

Also, Buddha is a deity, I wasn’t considering religious figures otherwise mine would have been Jesus Christ.

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[Mifune]

Originally Posted by MrGoat

Buddha is a deity... as is Jesus

Um... nope

[MrGoat]

Originally Posted by Mifune

Um... nope

That is not what I said. Nice job at hacking a quote to make it fit your agenda.

Both are religious figures and that’s not what the thread was about.

Thanks for your half assed input and subsequent argumentative, deceitful comment.

This conversation is over.


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[Malum]

Immanuel Kant “ By a lie a man throws away and as it were annihilates his dignity as a man “

[Speedbird-1]

"I don't know whether it's possible to be nostalgic for a time that didn't exist, but I think I am."

"To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self!
I wonder what's on television?"

"Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?
Brave Hungarian peasant girl who forced King John to sign the pledge at Runnymede and close the boozers at half past ten! Is all this to be forgotten?"

"This radio lark's a wonderful hobby, y'know. I've got friends all over the world, all over the world . . . none in this country, but friends all over the world."

Tony Hancock.



Actually.....

Christopher Hitchens
“My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line, and kiss my ass.”

[enjoythemusic]

Spock....

...from Star Trek.

And perhaps a bit of Hunter S. Thompson.

[Dr. Robert]

Socrates

“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

“By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.”

[sickened1]

Chewy's

[MILGAUSS88]

Jack Handey - “Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”

[TimekeeperED54]

Heraclitus
One cannot step twice in the same river.

[austinp]

“When you get to the fork in the road….Take it!

-Berra


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[TheVTCGuy]

Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone, and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?


-Wolfgang Peterson

[TheVTCGuy]

H Tan H Epi Tas

(With your shield or on it) Said by Queen Gorgo to King Leonidas of Sparta as he was leaving to fight the Persians (and surely die) at the battle of Thermopylae, August, 480 BCE.

Short explanation of meaning is it is better to be honorable and die, than betray your friends, your country, or your family.

[INC]

"Nuts"

[White Collar Boy]

I like Jean Baudrillard. His idea of ‘hyperreality’ is both fun (he points to examples in cultural stuff like pop music and Disneyland) and compelling to me. Baudrillard argued that our modern perceptions of reality are distorted by media representations and consumer advertising. These bombard us with so many signs and simulations (and in the extreme form, what he called ‘simulacra’) that consensus reality blurs with fiction.

“Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real.”

[MrGoat]

I’m intrigued at the modern philosopher references. In my mind all the great philosophers have been long dead.

I’d love to learn more about these more modern men and women thinkers.


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[emersm]

Thich Nhat Hanh

“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.”

[BLACKHORSE 6]

Originally Posted by INC

"Nuts"

December 1944… 101st Airborne was surrounded by the enemy at Bastogne… BG McAuliffe’s (USMA class of 1918) reply to the German commander’s call to surrender… it means “go to Hell!”

Classic.

[White Collar Boy]

Originally Posted by MrGoat

I’m intrigued at the modern philosopher references. In my mind all the great philosophers have been long dead.

I’d love to learn more about these more modern men and women thinkers.


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Slavoj Žižek is another fun modern philosopher I like. He’s kind of a brilliant maniac. I know you don’t click on links, and I’m too stupid to embed a video, but there are hundreds of videos of him. ‘The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology’ should bring up some good clips if not the full film.

[East Bay Rider]

[enjoythemusic]

Spock....


“Insufficient facts always invite danger.”

“In critical moments men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.”

“Without followers, evil cannot spread.”

“When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.”


“After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting.”

“What is it that makes one man an exceptional leader? We see indications that it is his negative side which makes him strong, that his “evil” side, if you will, properly controlled and disciplined, is vital to his strength.”

“When there is no emotion, there is no motive for violence.”

“Change is the essential process of all existence.”

“Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end of it.”


“If there are self-made purgatories, then we all have to live in them.”

“Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them.”

“I see no logic in wanting to worship a deity that demands you to live in a perpetual state of fear.”

“I realize that command does have its fascination, even under circumstances such as these, but I neither enjoy the idea of command nor am I frightened of it. It simply exists, and I will do whatever logically needs to be done.”

“Physical reality is consistent with universal laws. Where the laws do not operate, there is no reality.”

[Moondoggy]

I just avoid all that stuff and try and be a good person to all.

[AzPaul]

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.

― Marcus Aurelius

[joeychitwood]

Camus and Sartre.

“I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is.”

Albert Camus

[Colorado_kid]

I turn to biblical scripture for wisdom and guidance.


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[Dan Pierce]

Originally Posted by Moondoggy

I just avoid all that stuff and try and be a good person to all.

Agreed, that's hard enough all by itself.
dP

[Swearengen]

William Blake:

“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom...You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.”

Quite appropriate for our hobby

[brandrea]

I confess to not knowing much about philosophers … it was never my area of study or interest.

I have always been more into great minds who came up with theories and put them into practice. Galileo Galilei would be my favourite.

Sorry I can’t contribute much here