Melissus has fared somewhat better in the eyes of modern philosophers.
Other modern philosophers have generally used less specific definitions.
So I suppose there are still modern philosophers who will maintain that the trees make the wind.
His works on early modern philosophers are considered a model of dialectic engagement with historical figures.
The notion of possibility was greatly analyzed by medieval and modern philosophers.
What difference does it make who was the first modern political philosopher?
To me he was among the finest of modern philosophers.
He appears to have had little use for more modern philosophers.
"I'm quite intrigued by how modern philosophers who are engaging with the world answer the question of how we should live," he said.
We say that the most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher.