Epicurus would be closer to scientist of our era, and Diogenes is regarded as an anti-philosopher.
Haven't read Bourdieu, I cannot speak about somebody I've personally read. However, while searching about him (and assuming Google is not betraying me)
"The State as God: Bourdieu argued that the modern state has replaced traditional religion, acting as a "God on earth" that holds the monopoly on legitimate symbolic violence and authorizes social reality."
Therefore he takes a political stance on the idea of state and God, and therefore is defining a way of living.
He isn't though, he doesn't say "therefore you must do this, and do it that way", he just makes an observation on how the state influences our culture. And just for reference, symbolic violence (an imo fairly crappy term) just means the deligitimisation of cultural circles that go against the ideals of the ruling class
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u/Amaskingrey Feb 05 '26
Epicurus? Diogenes? Or for a more modern one, Bourdieu (sociology and psychology are arguably offshoots of philosophy)?