Listverse recently posted it’s list of the 10 Greatest Philosophers in History. Trying to sift through all of the great thinkers of the world and come up with a list of the top 10 is a tall order. But, here’s what they came up with.
10. John Locke
9. Epicurus
8. Zeno
7. Avicenna
5. Confucius
4. Descartes
2. Plato
1. Aristotle
The challenge, of course, is to try and understand what they mean by “greatest.” And, there is certainly lots of room for debate on who they chose and how they ordered it. At the very least, I think I would pick a bone with including Zeno and Epicurus over people like Parmenides and Seneca, and the complete neglect of modern philosophers. But, it was interesting nonetheless.
Too bad Jesus or Thomas Jefferson didn’t make the list.
It’s no fair with Jesus, the God-Man would seem to be a category unto himself 😉 .
I’m with Bobby on that one. I was surprised Kant didn’t make the grade.
Add: Nietzsche and Kant
Remove: Avicenna and Paul