Who is the most impactful philosopher?

[Divine Power]

Among the many influential thinkers throughout history, who stands out as the most transformative philosopher, and what aspects of their philosophy made them so impactful?

 

[TonySopranoFan57]

Me nigga I been a real once since the jump

 

[Skitarii]

Justin Martyr was right about philosophy

 

[Evil Whitey]

Aristotle was incredibly influential for over a thousand years, but Nietzsche has the most impact on our modern culture; we see themes of nihilism in vast swaths of games, movies, TV shows, etc. And anywhere from 4-9% of the world is atheist. Whether or not this will continue remains to be seen.

 

[Divine Power]

Plato

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

Xavier renegade angel

 

[C. G. B. Spender]

Josh Moon

 

[Stoneheart]

Karl Popper, Science Theory is just to impactful.
Adorno, and his critical theory BS is 2nd right now, but i hope not for much longer

 

[We Are The Witches]

Ortega y Gasset.

 

[Fek]

Personal experience.

 

[Cnidarian]

Probably Siddhartha, followed by Rousseau. The Buddhist moral foundation is easier to follow while running a terrifying theocracy, or so I've heard, unlike Rabbi Yeshua's ideas. Most of the redeemable parts of Hinduist practice, pun not intended, converge on his own reforms to the version that existed at the time. That's two world religions (Yeshua also has two but Muslims are definitely even worse than Christians in following him) with billions of followers each. Rousseau pretty much invented left-wing thinking and has more than a bit right-wing influence. Right wingers don't have an equivalent author to Rousseau.

 

[DeadwastePrime]

karl marx wait no thats economist theory

 

[Rodeo Roadrunner]

Aristotle. It's really not even close, since almost all Western philosophy is just appendices to what the Greeks did, and Aristotelianism was effectively the basis for what Christianity became.

 

[Marc]

Xavier renegade angel

 

[Bioniclelover]

Aristotle was incredibly influential for over a thousand years, but Nietzsche has the most impact on our modern culture; we see themes of nihilism in vast swaths of games, movies, TV shows, etc. And anywhere from 4-9% of the world is atheist. Whether or not this will continue remains to be seen.

It's most ironical since Nietzsche despised nihilists.

 

[A Very Big Fish]

Diogenes, because walking into Plato's academy, declaring, "Behold! A man!" and throwing a fully plucked chicken is the kind of philosophy that helps remind us to not take philosophers too seriously.

 

[Divine Power]

Diogenes, because walking into Plato's academy, declaring, "Behold! A man!" and throwing a fully plucked chicken is the kind of philosophy that helps remind us to not take philosophers too seriously.

Bad

 

[Meriasek]

Karl Popper, Science Theory is just to impactful.
Adorno, and his critical theory BS is 2nd right now, but i hope not for much longer

I fully agree that Adorno, the Frankfurt School and all those French pedophiles had the largest impact in that they continue to make people actively dumber and laid the foundation for the worst opinions and politics ever.
All philosophers should be force-fed to Patrick S. Tomlinson size as to maximise their impact on the world when they're thrown off a roof top.

 

[Turquoise]

When they're uploading gay-think 3000 into your brain, Ted Kaczynski is one you'll think about.

 

[analrapist]

Whitehead and Russell. The Principia Mathematica created a new world of mathematical orthodoxy that "mathematicians" today can't even bring themselves to question.