Not a philosopher, but a famed guitarist from rock's Golden Age (1967-1972), born Leslie Weinstein, a nice Jewish boy from Long Island.  Most famously, he played with the band Mountain (which took its name from West's bulk), and then later with Jack Bruce and Corky Laing in a trio.  Here's a few numbers, some obscure, some not so much.

Here they are doing their most famous number, "Mississippi Queen," live at Randall's Island, in the East River just off Manhattan in 1970:

Here is Mountain at the 1970 Cincinnati Pop Festival performing the Jack Bruce tune, "Theme for an Imaginary Western":

And here they are doing one of my favorite versions of "Roll Over Beethoven" (with great footage of the whole band):

After Mountain, he joined with Jack Bruce and Corky Laing; this may be the best-known number from their 1972 debut album:

And finally, here's my favorite number from Leslie West's first album in 1969, titled Mountain: