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My favorite philosopher?

Hah!
Kapila Kardama. Who else?

A very ancient sage. Descendant of Saptarshi Pulaha.

Founded Samkhya, world's second oldest philosophy.

The world's first Empiricist.

World's first Atheist thinker.

Worlds first Reformer.

#PatronRishi of Rebels.
The rest of mankind didnt even HAVE philosophy in the Bronze age. When Vedic Monists reigned supreme as Aryavarta's intellectuals, he boldly challenged them ALONE!

'I don't accept your Vedic position that reality can be reduced to One. Oh, I don't accept many other things too"
-He was the first to speak up against ritualism, though he seems to have been one himself and his name and clan is referenced in the Brahmanas
-He was the first to oppose cruelty to animals and the practice of animal sacrifices.
- He was one of the earliest advocates of Ahimsa
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