Famous Philosophers P-Z
Famous Philosophers P-Z
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| Famous Philosophers | Country | Born / Died | Philosophers Quotes Theories and Works (first published) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parmenides | Greece | 515-445 BC | |
| Pascal, Blaise | France | 1623-1662 | Blaise Pascal |
| Paul of Tarsus | Greece | 5-67 | Paul the Apostle insisted faith in Jesus was all that was needed because the world is, and forevermore, will be under a state of Grace in Jesus, a core belief of all Christian sects. Paul is also credited with the concept that God’s moral law (the ten commandments) is innately understood by all humans that reach the age of reason. |
| Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni | Italy | 1463-1494 | |
| Plato | Greece | 427-347 BC | One of the most famous Greek philosophers. |
| Plotin(us) | Greece | 205-270 | |
| Popper, Karl | Austria / Great Britain | 1902-1994 | Sir Karl Popper |
| Porphyrios | Greece | 234-304 | |
| Proklos | Greece | 412-485 | |
| Protagoras | Greece | 490-411 BC | |
| Ptolemy, Claudius | Greece | 100-170 | |
| Pyrrhon of Elis | Greece | 360-270 BC | |
| Pythagoras | Greece | 570-495 BC | |
| Ramus, Petrus | France | 1517-1572 | |
| Reuchlin, Johannes | Germany | 1455-1522 | |
| Rousseau, Jean-Jacques | France | 1712-1778 | |
| Russell, Bertrand | Great Britain | 1872-1970 | |
| Salisbury, Johannes von | Great Britain | 1120-1180 | |
| Sartre, Jean Paul | France | 1905-1980 | |
| Schelling, Friedrich | Germany | 1775-1854 | |
| Schopenhauer, Arthur | Germany | 1788-1860 | |
| Seneca | Italy | 4 BC-65 | |
| Smith, Adam | Great Britain | 1723-1790 | |
| Sokrates | Greece | 470-399 BC | |
| Speusippos | Greece | 408-339 BC | |
| Spinoza, Baruch de | The Netherlands | 1632-1677 | |
| Thales of Milet | Greece | 625-547 BC | |
| Theophrastos | Greece | 371-287 BC | |
| Valla, Lorenzo | Italy | 1406-1457 | |
| Voltaire | France | 1694-1778 | |
| Whitehead, Alfred | Greece | 1861-1947 | |
| Wiener Kreis | Various | 1922-1936 | Famous group of philosophers and followers of logical positivism led by German philosopher Moritz Schlick (1882-1936). They met weekly in Vienna. |
| Wittgenstein, Ludwig | Austria | 1889-1951 | |
| Wolff, Christian | Germany | 1679-1754 | |
| Wollstonecraft, Mary | Great Britain | 1759-1797 | |
| Xenophanes | Greece | 570-470 BC | |
| Zeno of Elea | Greece | 490-430 BC | Inventor of the dialectic according to Aristotle and member of the Eleatic School founded by Parmenides. |
| Zeno of Citium | Greece | 336-264 BC | Founded the school of Stoicism from the Greek “stoa”. One of the most famous Greek philosophers. |
| Zhongshu, Dong | China | 179–104 BC | Promoted Confucianism as the official ideology of the Chinese imperial state. |
| Zwingli, Ulrich | Switzerland | 1484-1531 | |
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