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I am trying to think why King might be considered America's or the world's last great philosopher. It is a good question. I am thinking it has to do with King being a political philosopher and politics being the last frontier of philosophy. King was a great political philosopher, dealing with it's m...

Freud Scholar wrote:

The late Reverend, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was America's last great philosopher, perhaps the world's last great philosopher.

I am just wondering upon which authority that idea is sustained.

Why, it is the authority of existential opinion.

Now I see that this entry is still under Political Philosophy but under General Discussion it is listed as moved.

I wonder why this post was moved? It specifically deals with political philosophy. But what does this forum know? And who else made political philosophy - some of the greatest philosophers of our time. King's philosophical legacy empowered millions of people politically . It encouraged legislation t...

Well, it was your original post that inspired me to write what I did.

I never though of Martin Luther King as a philosopher but I guess he is. His philosophy was to set his people free and improve human rights. To paraphrase Bertrand Russell, circumstances determined his philosophy and in turn his philosophy determined circumstances. He is what is know as an operation...

Rick,

Thank you, but I got my issue Oct 29.

I wonder where my copy of issue 75 is. After all, it is Oct 26. I thinking about this issues' topic, existentialism and culture. I am having trouble getting my head around it. Are they mutually separate or do they coexist? Do they constitute a pluralism or a paradox? I am also thinking about the hoa...