5 Most Influential Philosophers and Psychologists

A brief list of my personal favourite philosophers and psychologists.

Here is my list of the top 5 most influential philosophers and psychologists that we are aware of!

1. Sigmund Freud �" An Austrian psychoneurologist, Freud is known as the grandfather of psychoanalysis. Whilst he did indeed come up with some, let’s say unfavourable, concepts in psychological philosophy; many of his discoveries were very reliable and trustworthy as they set in motion modern innovations for psychoanalytic practice.
2. Socrates �" A Greek philosopher, an opposition of democracy, one of the wisest men to have ever lived. Socrates was a true follower of the “happiness viewpoint”, he believed that humanity should be ethical but that humans did everything in life as part of a desire for happiness.
3. Aristotle �" Of course, another Greek philosopher from Athens. Some influential quotes of his include: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit” and “The whole is more than the sum of its parts”.
4. Confucius �" Not Greek this time, in fact, a Chinese philosopher. Philosophical views from China were/are, unsurprisingly, contrary to Western/Greek philosophical views.
5. Albert Einstein �" Whilst technically not a philosopher, many of Einstein’s scientific discoveries have really propelled philosophy into what it is today.