Quote Originally Posted by Bree Fletcher View Post
My argument has never been that all those people are ancient, but that all of them fit into this very narrow definition of what a philosopher is, that overlooks a lot of really good thinkers.
There are lots of great thinkers, but that does not make them philosophers. A philosopher spends their life in the pursuit of philosophical enlightenment. Einstein was a great thinker, but he's a physicist. Freud was a great thinker, but he was a psychologist. Darwin was a great thinker, but he was a natural historian and geologist.

Lots of people are great thinkers, and they have had thoughts that can be applied to philosophical discussions. But, I would not call them philosophers. Just be careful not to let your definition of a philosopher get too broad, otherwise you will have to include EVERYONE. And if everyone is a philosopher, then noone might as well be a philosopher.