[Skywalk]

I assume we're talking pure philosophy and not economic philosophers like Smith, Bastiat, etc?

If it's pure philosophy, I might start with Locke, carry it through to Acton with a little Burke thrown in. Popper is nice. There are many others, even those I disagree with...Marcus Aurelius? Buddha? Lao Tzu?

[ComtedeMaistre]

>>>I assume we're talking pure philosophy and not economic philosophers like Smith, Bastiat, etc?<<<

No, no. I specifically used the very broad definition that a philosopher is any person who has ever written a book on ideas. Any sort of idea. Even economic philosophers - Smith, Ricardo, Hayek, Keynes, and the rest of the gang.

Of course, I specified "ideas", so that a Freeper who maybe has only read Hardy Boys or Harry Potter, will not be able to offer up the names of the authors of those books as "philosophers". But, who knows?