The ones I've enjoyed the most would be Kant, Nietzsche, Hume, Voltaire, Wittgenstein, and Bertrand Russell.  Sartre wasn't bad or anything, but didn't enjoy him as much.

As far as pro-religious philosophy, I'd go with Schaeffer or Van Til as I enjoyed both of them.  Lewis gets a thumbs down from me, although many Christians seem to enjoy him the most.  Schaeffer, by far, was one of the most enjoyable Christian philosophers I've read - especially How Should We Then Live as he covers a lot of philosophic issues.  I am not familiar with many Muslim philosophers as I'm not in an area with much of it, but "any day now I'll try to find one."

On the Eastern side of things, I've always enjoyed Ghandi and Confucius, but study more concepts than actual specific philosophers which is a weakness of mine I should work on.

As far as people that I think which have a lot of philosophic depth, though they may not be considered "philosophers" by many would be Adam Smith (a moral philosopher), Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim (used frequently in sociology), George Mead (sociology also), Max Weber (popular in sociology), and anything by Hitler or Göring.

tk

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Quote: from Fauna at 12:09 am on July 18, 2008

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"Think" by Simon Blackburn is an excellent overview of major philosophical issues.

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Hahaha you quoted yourself. =/  I'd check that out. I wrote it down. :) thanks!

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Then i could travel just by folding a map
No more airplanes, or speedtrains, or freeways
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Hahaha you quoted yourself. =/ I'd check that out. I wrote it down. :) thanks!

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I demand attention at all times, if quoting myself if how I have to get it then so be it.

and good! read it! it's ace! it's not just snobby name-dropping, it's a proper introduction to major ideas of philosophy.

my boyfriend wrote about it in his personal statement, then bricked himself when he realised simon blackburn might be one of the dons interviewing him about his personal statement..

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Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Post edited at 4:35 pm on July 18, 2008 by ReelStreetlights

he basically talks about how its the duty of european nations to pull up undeveloped nations because they're too busy surviving in extreme geographic conditions to do anything useful.

also happiness sucks because it doesn't lead to progress, also all slaughter throughout history is necessary in order to lead to the full manifestation of reason in the world

he's cranky as hell it kicks ass A++++++ recommendation

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