I do love the simplicity of thinking Socrates actually did roam the halls of the marketplace asking the basic questions about the nature of reality.
Today, the philosophers have all specialized, written papers nobody reads and stay confined in a box of academia-useless to society.
I believe Aristotle wrote way more than the rules of philosophical engagement and his real works are hidden away, but he was and in my mind still is the greatest.
After Aristotle religion took hold of Philosophy and here we are...
Thank god for Molineux attempting to keep Philosophy alive. My least fav is Hidegger, like the physicists of today: make everything too complicated so people feel too stupid to get involved.
Pure philosophy should promote the most basic of questions, what is my place in the universe, is there a god and why doesn't anyone care anymore.. Thanks for asking...