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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
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A prominent figure of this period was Augustine of Hippo, one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity. Augustine adopted Plato's thought and Christianized it. His influence dominated medieval philosophy perhaps up to the end of era and the rediscovery of Aristotle's texts.
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.
Philosopher and mathematician famous for developing the theory of subjective idealism. [4] Justus Henning Boehmer: 1674–1749: German: Ecclesiastical jurist, one of the first reformers of the church law and the civil law which was the basis for further reforms and maintained until the 20th century. Ruđer Josip Bošković (Roger Joseph ...
This is a list of notable political philosophers, including some who may be better known for their work in other areas of philosophy. The entries are in order by year of birth to show rough direction of influences and of development of political thought .
A History of Historical Writing: Volume I: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Seventeenth Century (2nd ed. 1967), 678 pp.; A History of Historical Writing: Volume II: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (2nd ed. 1967), 676 pp.; highly detailed coverage of European writers to 1900; Woolf, D. R.