My favorite college courses were History and Philosophy.
Love of wisdom.  Philosophy intrigues me.
Who is your favorite Philosopher?
philosopher Aristotle from Greece
Interesting.  I also think of him as one of the best.  I am also very partial to Plato.  Also from Greece.
complex synthesis of the various philosophies existing prior to him, and it was above all from his teachings that the West inherited its intellectual lexicon, as well as problems and methods of inquiry. As a result, his philosophy has exerted a unique influence on almost every form of knowledge in the West and it continues to be a subject of contemporary philosophical discussion.
Little is known about his life. Aristotle was born in the city of Stagira in Northern Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child,
Thales of Miletus
Thales of Miletus (; , "Thalēs", or ; 624/623 – c. 548/545 BC) was a pre-Socratic philosopher, mathematician and astronomer from Miletus in Ionia, Asia Minor. He was one of the Seven Sages of Greece; many, most notably Aristotle, regarded him as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition, and he is otherwise historically recognized as the first individual in Western civilization known to have entertained and engaged in scientific philosophy. 
Thales is recognized for breaking from the use