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Favorite Philosophers?

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RE: Favorite Philosophers?

December 7, 2017 at 12:31 am

(December 6, 2017 at 9:56 pm)Whateverist Wrote:
(December 6, 2017 at 9:07 pm)wallym Wrote: Thomas Hobbes always stuck with me. I can't remember if I read the Leviathon or just parts of it. But the guy was way way ahead of his time, it appears.

Think he might have seen Trump coming? Lots of people are becoming poorer, public discourse is downright nasty, his treatment of women is brutish and his term in office will likely be short.

There are certainly some aspects that he's been correct on over the past couple centuries, although I'm not sure a Monarchy would have solved all our problems.

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Favorite Philosophers? - by vulcanlogician - December 6, 2017 at 6:21 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Jackalope - December 6, 2017 at 6:26 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Whateverist - December 6, 2017 at 7:08 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Aegon - December 7, 2017 at 7:43 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Whateverist - December 6, 2017 at 7:03 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by vulcanlogician - December 6, 2017 at 8:31 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Whateverist - December 6, 2017 at 8:43 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by vulcanlogician - December 8, 2017 at 7:19 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Whateverist - December 8, 2017 at 8:02 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - January 2, 2018 at 7:03 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by vulcanlogician - January 3, 2018 at 5:17 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - January 3, 2018 at 6:41 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Gawdzilla Sama - December 6, 2017 at 7:05 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Minimalist - December 6, 2017 at 7:11 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by brewer - December 6, 2017 at 7:54 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Aegon - December 6, 2017 at 8:01 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Agnosty - January 5, 2018 at 1:39 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by The Valkyrie - December 6, 2017 at 8:08 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Angrboda - December 6, 2017 at 8:20 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - January 2, 2018 at 6:58 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by CapnAwesome - January 2, 2018 at 7:02 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Angrboda - January 2, 2018 at 7:13 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - January 2, 2018 at 7:18 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by henryp - December 6, 2017 at 9:07 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Whateverist - December 6, 2017 at 9:56 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by henryp - December 7, 2017 at 12:31 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - December 6, 2017 at 10:22 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - December 7, 2017 at 12:19 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by vulcanlogician - December 8, 2017 at 1:16 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Minimalist - December 7, 2017 at 12:40 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Sterben - December 7, 2017 at 1:36 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Grandizer - December 7, 2017 at 9:13 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - December 7, 2017 at 11:58 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Neo-Scholastic - December 7, 2017 at 7:56 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - December 8, 2017 at 3:27 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - December 8, 2017 at 8:21 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by vulcanlogician - December 8, 2017 at 8:48 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - December 8, 2017 at 9:09 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Whateverist - December 8, 2017 at 9:59 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - December 8, 2017 at 1:15 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Grandizer - December 9, 2017 at 7:40 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by vulcanlogician - December 8, 2017 at 10:07 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - December 8, 2017 at 1:27 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by vulcanlogician - December 8, 2017 at 1:31 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - December 8, 2017 at 1:35 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by vulcanlogician - December 8, 2017 at 1:42 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - December 8, 2017 at 3:16 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by possibletarian - December 9, 2017 at 6:11 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - December 9, 2017 at 2:45 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 9, 2017 at 7:53 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by henryp - December 9, 2017 at 12:40 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 9, 2017 at 2:59 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by Edwardo Piet - December 9, 2017 at 3:06 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by polymath257 - January 3, 2018 at 5:32 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by notimportant1234 - January 3, 2018 at 7:45 pm

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by I_am_not_mafia - January 4, 2018 at 3:21 am

RE: Favorite Philosophers? - by JackRussell - January 7, 2018 at 3:16 pm

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