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I wouldn't call him a great philosopher any more than I'd call Aristotle a great fighter. He was a lot smarter, and did a lot more for martial arts than anyone else since though. The ideas behind his Jeet Kune Do style showed little to no reliance on forms or patterns, saying something along the lines of "set patterns, incapable of adaptability only offer a better cage, truth is outside all patterns" or "my truth isn't your truth, your truth isn't my truth" or, what works for you won't necessarily work for me. No doubt he was a very smart, innovative man, but don't expect to see his name in any philosophy textbooks.
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