Popular Modern Philosophies
Stoicism
The philosophy of self control.
Originator: Zeno of Citium (modern day Cyprus), c. 300 B.C.E.
Well-known philosophers: Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Seneca...
If you seek control over your emotions and response in life, or tolerate a lot of pain and challenges. This might be you.
Existentialism
The philosophy that state the reason why we exist.
Originator: Søren Kierkegaard(1813-1855)
Well-known philosophers: Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Satre, Albert Camus (absurdism)...
If you believe that there is a meaning to life and we were born to seek for them. This might be you.
Nihilism
The philosophy that believe life is meaningless.
Originator: Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743–1819)
Well-known philosophers: Friedrich Nietzsche, Søren Kierkegaard, Ivan Turgenev...
If you believe there is no apparent reason to lives and the universe; do not believe there is genuine moral truths. This might be you.
Hedonism
The philosophy about the pursuit of pleasure.
Originator: Aristippus of Cyrene (435 – c. 356 BCE.)
Well-known philosophers: Jeremy Bentham, Henry Sidgwick...
If you believe in maximizing the pleasure and minimizing the pain. This might be you.
This is also what I believe to be the "default" philosophy of human beings when they are born.