List of nicknames of philosophers

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
• Beekeeper Philosopher: Richard Clyde Taylor
• Father of Existentialism: Søren Kierkegaard
• Father of Logic: Aristotle
• The Jewish Luther: Moses Mendelssohn
• Laughing Philosopher: Democritus
• Longshoreman Philosopher: Eric Hoffer
• Mother of Feminism: Mary Wollstonecraft
• Philosopher of Fascism: Giovanni Gentile
• Plato: Aristocles son of Ariston, but see Plato#Name.
• The Philosopher: Aristotle
• Weeping Philosopher: Heraclitus
• Bottled Wasp (aka Wasp in a Bottle): Charles Sanders Peirce
• The American Aristotle: Charles Sanders Peirce

References