The BBC is holding an Internet vote for the Greatest Philosopher.
Of the options listed, I voted for Thomas Aquinas–hands down (though others including Plato, Aristotle, Renee Descartes, and Ludwig Wittgenstein were also attractive)
CAST YOUR OWN VOTE.
Unfortunately, they don’t tell you who is currently ahead in the voting, so I guess we’ll have to wait until they announce the results of the survey.
(CHT to the reader who e-mailed.)
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“Renée Descartes”? Must have been René’s less well-known twin sister.
Thomas Aquinas. Because Mr Akin says so.
I read in the local paper that at present Marx is set to win this vote. How awful!!
Thanks for the tip. I also voted for Aquinas. A slam dunk decision imho.
Why Marx is on the list is a mystery to me. Oh, wait, it’s the BBC. 😉
Chris
http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/
No Augustine?
So I voted for Plato.
I can confirm Marx is leader from an email newsletter sent by Melvin Bragg as part of his “In Our TIme” series on BBC4.
(Discussions there often worth hearing or download the MP3. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/ )
no one here voted for bertrand russel? 😉
So are we buying into the argument of Bush’s critics who say “Jesus Christ” was not a “philosopher”? I mean, he wasn’t MERELY a philosopher, but it seems hard to argue that he was NOT a philosopher.