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JI7

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30. leaning towards locke

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 08:23 PM

Jun 2015

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Greatest political philosopher [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 OP

Confucius. nt Rex Jun 2015 #1

John Rawls defininitely needs to be on the list n/t Narkos Jun 2015 #2

Not having Rawls on the list is weird. Vattel Jun 2015 #3

Montesquieu? Machiavelli? malthaussen Jun 2015 #4

Montesquieu and Machiavelli were intellectual lightweights. Vattel Jun 2015 #7

That's why we have horse races, eh? malthaussen Jun 2015 #9

Machiavelli yes, but Aristotle? His political philosophy wasn't that influential, was it? Vattel Jun 2015 #10

Aristotle in general was influential... malthaussen Jun 2015 #18

Aristotle's defense of democracy didn't seem to have much impact (correct me if I am wrong). Vattel Jun 2015 #25

Probably one of the reasons Aristotle fell out of vogue... malthaussen Jun 2015 #34

Yes, and he was the opposite of Epicurus in that regard, Vattel Jun 2015 #42

Britney Spears zappaman Jun 2015 #5

What's her DU handle??!!!!1111 bigwillq Jun 2015 #27

If I were to hazard a guess, Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #32

Willie Nelson Buzz Clik Jun 2015 #6

good point Willie Vattel Jun 2015 #26

John Fugelsang. JaneyVee Jun 2015 #8

Socrates? Koinos Jun 2015 #11

i think it's assumed that the earliest work is ascribed to Socrates nashville_brook Jun 2015 #20

No dialogues were put into writing by Socrates himself. He was too busy conversing to write. Koinos Jun 2015 #22

right, my point is they're ascribed to him -- "scribed" nashville_brook Jun 2015 #43

Rather, Plato's earlier dialogues are considered to be truer to the source. malthaussen Jun 2015 #33

Groucho or Karl for the Marx? el_bryanto Jun 2015 #12

Just wait till I get through with it! hifiguy Jun 2015 #15

what about Harpo ... what did he have to say? napkinz Jun 2015 #16

The last man nearly ruined this place... meaculpa2011 Jun 2015 #40

I have always been a fan of hifiguy Jun 2015 #13

Mark Twain Fearless Jun 2015 #14

Every neocon will tell you Leo Strauss was the greatest political philosopher.... Brother Buzz Jun 2015 #17

Why not Burke? DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #19

I love Burke Recursion Jun 2015 #37

Strauss was an interesting political philosopher. His distinction between esoteric and exoteric Recursion Jun 2015 #36

Jesus AngryAmish Jun 2015 #21

Locke. No political theory was more transformative than "consent of the governed" lumberjack_jeff Jun 2015 #23

Oh I don't know. I'd say "Divine Right" was more "transformative" in an absolute sense Recursion Jun 2015 #38

Other: Michael Sandel Exilednight Jun 2015 #24

George Carlin? Will Rogers? Bill Hicks? Chris Rock? George Takei? Warpy Jun 2015 #28

Carlin or Zappa. :) cyberswede Jun 2015 #29

leaning towards locke JI7 Jun 2015 #30

Marcus Aurelius Hiraeth Jun 2015 #31

Machiavelli (nt) Recursion Jun 2015 #35

Three others: H2O Man Jun 2015 #39

James Madison. n/t meaculpa2011 Jun 2015 #41