Philosophy had never sparked any interest in my life. I had heard about certain philosophers, like Descartes, and Socrates, and John Locke, but I never knew a deeper concept of them. From the first chapter, I was rather intrigued. I realized how much I didn’t know about the history of philosophy and how important it is in shaping the world as I know it. From thoughts, to religion, and to mathematics, I had really no clue. I have read things that I had thought of myself, on my own time, and wondered if anyone thought about the things I did. I now know that I was not the first to grasp some rather odd concepts about life, mind and body. One philosopher that I did not know very much about in depth was Plato. I am mostly impressed with his dialogue the Republic, the simile of the …show more content…
I believe there is no more an influential thinker and ground breaking fundamental rationalist philosopher in history books quite like Plato. Philosophy and western civilization would not be as we know it today if it was not for this man. I can thank him for the groundwork of Christianity, American values and creeds, as well as laying the underpinning for an educational system with the goal of expanding our wondrous and ponderous minds. I cannot explain to you my least favorite philosopher because to put it simply, every input in the history of philosophy has made some sort of impact. My personal research into psychology has led me to know Freud and his works, but even though I don’t agree with his fetish of making the mind, young or old, so sexual to the degree he so far took it, I have to give him credit for his thoughts on religion and how the idea of God and an afterlife only weakened our will to be in the here and now. He and Marx must have been very