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Xenocrates (c. 396 – 314 BC). Disciple of Plato. Aristotle (c. 384 – 322 BC). A polymath whose works ranged across all philosophical fields. Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC).
Important figure in German Idealism, and important to the work of Fichte and Hegel. Vasyl Karazin: 1773–1842: Russian and Ukrainian: Enlightenment figure, intellectual, inventor, founder of The Ministry of National Education in Russian Empire and scientific publisher in Ukraine. Founder of Kharkiv University, which now bears his name.
Founder of Western philosophy: Stoics [1] fl. 3rd century BC – AD 529: Greece – Philosophical school influenced by Socrates through Plato Henry David Thoreau [1] July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862 United States Author, poet Foundational figure of transcendentalism: Arthur Schopenhauer: February 22, 1788 – September 21,1860 Germany Philosopher
List of aestheticians; List of critical theorists; List of environmental philosophers; List of epistemologists; List of ethicists; List of existentialists; List of feminist philosophers; List of humanists; List of logicians; List of metaphysicians; List of social and political philosophers; List of phenomenologists; List of philosophers of language
Existentialism is a term applied to the work of a number of late 19th- and 20th-century philosophers who, despite profound doctrinal differences, [169] [170] shared the belief that philosophical thinking begins with the human subject—not merely the thinking subject, but the acting, feeling, living human individual. [171]
The following is a list of rationalists, that is, people who theorize about rationalism as a line of thought within the area of Philosophy This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Philosophers born in the centuries BC (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically: Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.
This is a list of Stoic philosophers, ordered (roughly) by date. [Note: Some other philosophers like Socrates and Cynics were the big influencers in Stoicism and are founded quoted by the stoics] The criteria for inclusion in this list are fairly mild.