Famous Philosophers
The Most Famous Philosophers | |||
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| Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
| Pythagoras | 570 BC | Greek | Pythagoras of Samos was a Greek mathematician and philosopher |
| David Hume | April 26, 1711 | Scottish | David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, essayist and historian, known for his radical philosophical scepticism and empiricism |
| Friedrich Nietzsche | October 15, 1844 | German | Friedrich Nietzsche was a famous 19th century German philosopher and philologist |
| Roland Barthes | November 12, 1915 | French | Roland Barthes was a French literary theorist, critic and semiotician |
| Paulo Freire | September 19, 1921 | Brazilian | Paulo Freire was a Brazilian educator best known for his research on critical pedagogy |
| Muhammad Iqbal | November 9, 1877 | Pakistani | Muhammad Iqbal was a philosopher, poet and politician in British India and is regarded as being the inspiration behind the Pakistan movement |
| Adam Smith | June 16, 1723 | Scottish | Adam Smith was a Scottish Philosopher and Political Economist |
| Pierre Teilhard de Chardin | May 1, 1881 | French | Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a famous French philosopher and a priest who was also known for his controversial writings |
| John Rawls | February 21, 1921 | American | John Rawls was an American academician, philosopher and writer |
| Michel Foucault | October 15, 1926 | French | Michel Foucault was a popular French philosopher and historian |
Peter Kropotkin
Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin, aka Peter Kropotkin, was a Russian philosopher and activist
Henri Bergson
Henri-Louis Bergson was a well-known philosopher who won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish Philosopher and Political Economist
George Boole
George Boole is better known as the inventor of symbolic logic
Emile Durkheim
Émile Durkheim was a famous French philosopher and sociologist
Dayanand Saraswati
Dayanand Saraswati was a Hindu religious leader who founded the reform movement, Arya Samaj
Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel was a renowned German biologist, naturalist, physician, philosopher and artist