We have a great deal of biographical information about him, as well as some of his letters, political speeches, and quips (In response to an eager proselyte: “If you white people murdered the Saviour, make it up for yourselves.
Sagoyewatha (“He Keeps Them Awake”) was a Seneca leader and sometime lawyer, renowned for his eloquence and persuasiveness. This image is in the public domain via Wikicommons But here are two philosophers most readers have likely never heard of, a little bit about some of their ideas, and why we might find them interesting today.Ĭhromolithograph of Sagoyewatha (also known as Red Jacket) by Corbould from a painting by C.B. There are a lot of great resources out there if you want to get a fuller, more detailed story about the history of philosophy. We can only understand that larger world when we understand the philosophical currents it drift on. The third is that philosophy has shaped and continues to shape the larger world. The second is that their perspectives and habits of thought are sometimes very different from our own, and it’s a useful skill, and often a mind-bending experience, to try on those perspectives and habits for ourselves.
The first is that they are sometimes right (and sometimes in surprising ways), and we can learn from them when they are. There are at least three reasons to read philosophers from other times and places. Home » World History » Philosophers Throughout History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of: Part II Philosophers Throughout History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of: Part II Posted on Octoby Ian Olasov
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