List of nicknames of philosophers
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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[1]
- Beekeeper Philosopher: Richard Clyde Taylor[2]
- Father of Existentialism: Søren Kierkegaard[3]
- Father of Logic: Aristotle[4]
- The Jewish Luther: Moses Mendelssohn[5]
- Laughing Philosopher: Democritus[6]
- Longshoreman Philosopher: Eric Hoffer[7]
- Mother of Feminism: Mary Wollstonecraft[8]
- Philosopher of Fascism: Giovanni Gentile[9]
- Plato: Aristocles son of Ariston,[10] but see Plato#Name.
- The Philosopher: Aristotle[4]
- Weeping Philosopher: Heraclitus[6]
- Bottled Wasp (aka Wasp in a Bottle): Charles Sanders Peirce[11]
- The American Aristotle: Charles Sanders Peirce[12]