neithzche (spelling) i'm pretty sure spent the second half of his life living in caves and wandering through the mountains bearded and mad as a hatter, atleast i'm pretty sure that's how it went, he also inspired hitlers nazi regieme, and famously declared 'god is dead', but i wouldn't go with him, kant was quite a boring one if you ask me and although they may be great plato and socrates would probably bore the crap into anyone.
mind you i'd either do thomas hobbes, jeramy bentham or peter kropotkin, hobbes was a pessimist who believed that given freedom from government the interests of each man would lead them to try and destroy one another, bentham was a utilitarian who belived the soul purpose of existance was to enjoy life not seperating base from higher pleasures basically implied he didnt care if that meant ****ing pigs if thats what tickled your fancy, he's also still got his body preserved in a university in england somewhere and the board still wheel him out for meetings which is kind of creepy, hethought the dead should be used as ornaments especially celebrity bodies so he requested that he not be buried but put on display. kropotkin had a pretty anarchistic view on life and believed if we were ridden of a system of government our mutual aid instincts would mean we'd all get on just fine, and he was a man of many examples. all three would be good choices if you ask me.
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