Hegel to give him a chance to react to Marx. Thesis, anti-thesis, synthesis or whatever.
Aristotle because Marx claimed that he rightly recognized the commensurability of objects of different use-value but never reached the theory of abstract labor because Greek society was based on slave labor. Not sure how Aristotle responds there.
Kant because his idealism would stir the pot. He argued that there are no material conditions that can justify revolution, as the existing state embodies the right to rule and a revolutionary maxim does not satisfy the categorical imperative.
Foucault because I’m curious as to whether he thinks conditions are fundamentally different under communism or whether oppressive power structures remain.
I expect philosophers to be hypocrites (and that doesn’t make them wrong) but Kant was flat-out racist.
The same genius who devised the theory of transcendental idealism, and made room for our noumenal freedom and religious belief, also argued for a hierarchy of races with white Europeans seated firmly at the top. Really puts a bad taste in your mouth.
enslave Kant and see if his opinion changes
Real thought hours. It’s not as though Kant ever actually followed his categorical imperative, even in his personal life.
I expect philosophers to be hypocrites (and that doesn’t make them wrong) but Kant was flat-out racist.
The same genius who devised the theory of transcendental idealism, and made room for our noumenal freedom and religious belief, also argued for a hierarchy of races with white Europeans seated firmly at the top. Really puts a bad taste in your mouth.
David Hume stays winning I suppose.