Some
philosophers have commonly used nicknames. All the nicknames on this list have sources that attest to their use.
Nicknames
*Artist's Philosopher:
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer ( , ; 22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher. He is best known for his 1818 work ''The World as Will and Representation'' (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the phenomenal world as the prod ...
*Beekeeper Philosopher:
Richard Taylor
*Father of Existentialism:
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ( , , ; 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on ...
*Father of Logic:
Aristotle
*The Jewish Luther:
Moses Mendelssohn
*Laughing Philosopher:
Democritus
*Longshoreman Philosopher:
Eric Hoffer
*Mother of Feminism:
Mary Wollstonecraft
*Philosopher of Fascism:
Giovanni Gentile
*
Plato: Aristocles son of Ariston, but see
Plato#Name.
*The Philosopher:
Aristotle
*Weeping Philosopher:
Heraclitus
*Bottled Wasp (aka Wasp in a Bottle): Charles Sanders Peirce
*the American Aristotle: Charles Sanders Peirce
References
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Nicknames in literature