June 13, 2005

The "greatest philosopher" vote, part 2

As I mentioned a few days ago, the BBC is running a poll to find out who we think the greatest philosopher is. The first phase is over, and we can now choose from the final list of 20 nominees. It's a fairly predictable list (it would be interesting to find out which of the members was "most unexpected"):

Aquinas, Aristotle, Descartes, Epicurus, Heidegger, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Kierkegaard, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Plato, Popper, Russell, Sartre, Schopenhauer, Socrates, Spinoza, and Wittgenstein.

And my vote? Well, I'm not quite ready to make up my mind....

Posted by geoff2 at June 13, 2005 05:25 AM
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Whilst thinking about your choice, might I suggest an essay I found fascinating called "What you Can't Say"

http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html

Posted by: Mark J Musante at June 13, 2005 09:01 AM
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