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Nah, I don't do research on this. I come up with these in a flash of random insight, and I'm kind of busy and feeling non-creative for the last couple of days. Also, I'm barely familiar with Lisztening.
Anyway... @Lisztening: You are Hypatia.
Hypatia was a philosopher and mathematician from Alexandria, famous for being the first notable woman in that field. Having a woman in a sausagefest that philosophy and science were back then was quite a culture shock for the people of the time. She ended up lynched by religious fanatics.
@Bee: You are Thomas Hobbes.
Pragmatic, witty and healthily cynical, Hobbes was one of the more interesting philosophers of his time, and probably one of the most influential political philosophers in history. Very original, yet down-to-earth, in his thought, he managed to seamlessly blend the doctrines of rationalism and empiricism, as well as absolutism and the newly emerged liberal ideas.
@Neo_Crimson: You are Heraclitus of Ephessus.
Also known as Heraclitus the Obscure, this ancient philosopher was famous for his cryptic and dramatic style of writing. He believed that the universe originated from fire, that "strife is justice" and conflict brings order. He loved his GRIMDARKness.
May I sign up?
*signs up
Huh I wish I had this thread on hand when a friend of mine asked me to name off some philosophers a few days ago.
Also, tell me which old dead guy I'm most similar too please.
If I get some emo bitch, I'm going to tear your head off.
Me?
Not you, of course.
I'm in.
Not you, of course.
Umm, "me?" meant "Dear OP, could you compare me to some famous philosopher, please?".
Tearing off the head of beholder is rather difficult, so that definitely wasn't something I worried about.
Well, I guess I should continue.
@DonZabu: You are Slavoj Žižek
One of the most controversial modern philosophers, Žižek is an eccentric person, to say the least. He offered a new approach to some old theories, coming to radical conclusions. He is notable for using parallels to pop culture to explain his theories.
I should probably sign up for this.
I'm back!
@Legionnaire: You are Carl von Clausewitz.
A soldier's philosopher, General Clausewitz turned war, its causes, consequences, strategies and tactics into philosophy. His famous work, On War, in which he built a complex theoretical system around war and everything related to it is still considered to be the Bible of every commander with an intellectual bent.
@Nova: You are Desiderius Erasmus.
A great humanist philosopher of the Rennaisance, Erasmus attempted to reform the Church to, once again, have the people themselves as its focus. For his age, he had some extremely liberal and progressive ideas, and was a notable pacifist and opponent of any forms of force or violence.
@MrW: You are Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Wittgenstein was many things. A logician, mathematician, linguist, musician, engineer, architect and an officer but, most importantly, one of the most important modern philosophers and one of the founders of logical empiricism - a philosophical school attempting to effectively merge scientific knoweldge with philosophy. Most importantly, he's the creator of the famous duckrabbit.
Which is both a duck and a rabbit.
@Wicked223: You are Martin Luther King Junior.
A doctor of philosophy, priest and a civil rights activist, MLK was an icon of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. A tireless fighter against racism, discrimination and social injustice, he is probably one of the most important American political and social figures of the 20th century.
Wittgenstein you bastard, what have you brought upon us?!
@lrdck: You are Socrates.
The god of trolls and gadflies everywhere, Socrates turned Ancient philosophy upside down by literally trolling everyone and making them notice their mistakes, and went so far as to intentionally create philosophical paradoxes. Eventually, he got permabanned from the forum agora, but his trolling still lives even today, since the man didn't even bother to leave firsthand evidence of his own philosophy, and the autheniticity of second-hand evidence is hotly disputed.
@TheConductor: You are David Hume.
A Scottish empiricist, Hume was one of the most down-to-earth, yet deep, philosophers of his era. He's one of the forerunners of the 19th century positivist movement in thought. Among many other things, he coined the famous phrase "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions."
@Whale: You are Harold Pinter.
Pinter was an English socialist thinker, writer and political philosopher. He was one of the most perceptive and fearless critics of modern society, especially of the role the United States hold in the modern world.
Wittgenstein invented the duckrabbit?
Yeah, it's from his Philosophical Investigations, as an example of the influence individual experience has on perception. If, upon seeing the duckrabbit, the first form you notice is a duck, you'll continue seeing it solely as a duck unless pointed out that it can also be seen as a rabbit, or vice-versa.
Wanna stand in the line?
Just noticed the last post of previous page. Wow.