Favorite Philosophers

[theAlaskanBear]

...and I am loose with this term. Who are philosophers you enjoy, and why do you like them?

[OZZIE4DUKE]

...and I am loose with this term. Who are philosophers you enjoy, and why do you like them?
Jumbo, because he keys me in on the key things to watch for in the next phase.

JasonEvans, because he tells me what I've really seen on Lost.

:cool:

[JasonEvans]

Well, it is hard to beat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92vV3QGagck) Plato in goal and we know that Aristotle is very much the man in form.

The best part--


Hegel is arguing that the reality is merely an a priori adjunct of non-naturalistic ethics, Kant via the categorical imperative is holding that ontologically it exists only in the imagination... and Marx is claiming he was offside.

--Jason "Socrates was offisde-- watch the replay" Evans

[Olympic Fan]

The Philosopher's Song

Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable.
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar
Who could think you under the table.
David Hume could out-consume
Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel,
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.

There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya'
'Bout the raising of the wrist.
SOCRATES, HIMSELF, WAS PERMANENTLY PISSED...

John Stuart Mill, of his own free will,
On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill.
Plato, they say, could stick it away;
Half a crate of whiskey every day.
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,
Hobbes was fond of his dram,
And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart: "I drink, therefore I am"
Yes, Socrates, himself, is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's pissed!


I'd have to say Decarte is my personal favorite ....

[weezie]

Homer Simpson?

"The three little sentences that will get you through life. No. 1: Cover for me. No. 2: Oh, good idea, boss. No. 3: It was like that when I got here."


I know...I'm being silly.:cool:

[devildeac]

The Philosopher's Song

Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable.
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar
Who could think you under the table.
David Hume could out-consume
Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel,
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.

There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya'
'Bout the raising of the wrist.
SOCRATES, HIMSELF, WAS PERMANENTLY PISSED...

John Stuart Mill, of his own free will,
On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill.
Plato, they say, could stick it away;
Half a crate of whiskey every day.
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,
Hobbes was fond of his dram,
And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart: "I drink, therefore I am"
Yes, Socrates, himself, is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's pissed!


I'd have to say Decarte is my personal favorite ....

Curse you. Beat me to it.;)

[rthomas]

"There are only two mantras, yum and yuck, mine is yum."
— Tom Robbins

[Deslok]

Uh oh, this thread could very well split the Silly vote...

[moonpie23]

i was always down with this cat !

http://sharetv.org/shows/the_many_loves_of_dobie_gillis/cast/maynard_g_krebs

[rasputin]

Yoda.

[devildeac]

Three.

http://www.ommegang.com/index.php?mcat=1&scat=4&yr=1

Man, where's that Ymm, Beer thread when you need it...:rolleyes:;)

[amat1129]

Kant strictly for the categorical imperative

[Indoor66]

I think, therefore I am.

[Jarhead]

I think, therefore I am.

Well, anyhow, I am what I am, like it or not.

[rthomas]

Well, anyhow, I am what I am, like it or not.

I yam what I yam, I'm Popeye the Sailor Man.

[OldPhiKap]

Shakira. Hips don't lie.

[killerleft]

Charlie Gearheart.

[allenmurray]

Annie Savoy (as played by Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham) for this line alone: The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness.

[dukestheheat]

My old grandad hiked to California when he was 16, amidst The Great Depression, and he worked and sent money back to help support his family in Dunn, North Carolina.

He got into the car business out there, and he told me one thing that has stuck with me over the years: 'son, the single most important thing you can do to prolong the life of your vehicle is to change the oil at regular intervals. I don't care what anyone tells you, you do that, and that car will last you a very long time.'

dth.

[BD80]

Yogi:

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

It gets late early out there.

The future ain't what it used to be.

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

It ain't over till it's over.

Although Yogi da Bear may be a close second:

"I'm smarter than the average bear!"

[OldPhiKap]

^^^

"If you don't go to their funeral, they won't come to yours."

"When you come to the fork in the road, take it."

[Indoor66]

Well, anyhow, I am what I am, like it or not.

If I am what I do and I don't, am I not?

[Indoor66]

I yam what I yam, I'm Popeye the Sailor Man.

He also said: I yam what I yam; that's all there is, there ain'ts no more!

[davekay1971]

Jack Burton on facing danger:
1) Ol' Jack always says... what the hell?
2) When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."
3) Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."

Jack Burton on knowing one's limitations:
Like I told my last wife, I says, "Honey, I never drive faster than I can see. Besides that, it's all in the reflexes."

Jack Burton on understanding the universe:
Well, ya see, I'm not saying that I've been everywhere and I've done everything, but I do know it's a pretty amazing planet we live on here, and a man would have to be some kind of FOOL to think we're alone in THIS universe.

Jack Burton on racial relations:
Is this gonna get ugly, now? Huh? I hope not. Because I thought what we were here, racial differences notwithstanding, was just a couple of old friends. You know, just both of us Californians.

Jack Burton on dealing with misfortune:
I'm gonna tell you about an accident, and I don't wanna hear "act of God"!

Jack Burton on love:
1) You got a tongue, Dave. Ask her yourself.
2) "Jack" what? I'm supposed to buy this @&$#? 2000 years, he can't find one broad to fit the bill? Come on, Dave, you must be doing something seriously wrong!

[greybeard]

Martin Burber, a collection of short essays that he was asked to put together that reflected his perspectives. Moments, is the collection. The very first essay is titled that, I think, and his distinction between true moments, and the rest of life, which he described as filed with non moments. Non moments are related simply and with a quality that most philosophic works lack, in my limited exposure.

[Reddevil]

A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-lagunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.

[JohnGalt]

"Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can't control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you. If you can control your fear, it makes you more alert, like a deer coming across the lawn."

Deeper words have yet to be spoken.

[allenmurray]

"Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can't control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you. If you can control your fear, it makes you more alert, like a deer coming across the lawn."

Deeper words have yet to be spoken.

I like the quote. But have you ever heard Tyson speak extemporaneously? He can barely put three words together coherently. Are you sure of the source?

[JohnGalt]

I like the quote. But have you ever heard Tyson speak extemporaneously? He can barely put three words together coherently. Are you sure of the source?

True, I suppose having heard it at some point (radio, TV, youtube, I can't remember) coming from the One the and Only, that's why I find it so funny.

[allenmurray]

True, I suppose having heard it at some point (radio, TV, youtube, I can't remember) coming from the One the and Only, that's why I find it so funny.

That makes it even better. As though for one brief moment the fog lifted and the lights came on.

[Indoor66]

How about Paul Simon - a fine song writer/poet who expresses his own philosophy quite well.

For heavy weights, I am into Boethius.

[Duke Mom]

Mike Krzyzewski - smart, common sense philosopher coach

http://coachk.com/coach-k-media/quotes/

“Making shots counts, but not as much as the people who make them.”

“Turning down the Lakers was tough, but it is always good to renew your vows to the loves of your life.”

“You have to work hard at staying in contact with your friends so that the relationships will continue and live on… Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.”