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Who Invented It?
✍ Student of Socrates
✍ Writer of philosophical dialogues
✍ Founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world
✍ Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy
✍ Known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers
✍ Greek philosopher and polymath
✍ Student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great
✍ German philosopher
✍ Wrote 'Critique of Pure Reason' during Enlightenment era
✍ Scottish philosopher
✍ Known especially for his philosophical empiricism and scepticism
✍ Concluded that desire rather than reason governed human behavior
✍ French philosopher
✍ Dubbed the 'Father of Modern Philosophy'
✍ Proposed dualism of mind and body
✍ Worked primarily in logic, philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language
✍ Wrote 'Tractatus'
✍ Father of Classical Liberalism
✍ Theory of mind often cited as origin of modern conceptions of identity and the self
✍ Impacted US Declaration of Independence
✍ Influential philosopher and theologian in tradition of scholasticism
✍ Considered the model teacher for those studying for the priesthood
✍ German philosopher
✍ Developed a comprehensive philosophical framework of Absolute idealism to account in an integrated way for the relation of mind and nature
✍ German mathematician and philosopher
✍ Law of Continuity and Transcendental Law of Homogeneity
✍ Refined the binary number system, a foundation for digital computers
✍ French Enlightenment writer
✍ Advocate of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state
✍ Jewish-Dutch philosopher
✍ Came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy
✍ Opposed mind–body dualism
✍ British philosopher
✍ Political economist and civil servant
✍ Proponent of utilitarianism
✍ Best known today for his work on political philosophy
✍ Wrote 'Leviathan', foundation for most of Western political philosophy from perspective of social contract theory
✍ Considered a Father of the Church
✍ His writings were very influential in the development of Western Christianity and philosophy
✍ Revolutionary socialist
✍ Authored 'Communist Manifesto'
✍ Wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy, and science
✍ Key ideas include the 'death of God,' and the Übermensch
✍ Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author
✍ Work focuses on Christian ethics and institution of the Church
✍ Genevan philosopher
✍ His 'Discourse on the Origin of Inequality' and 'On the Social Contract' are cornerstones in modern political and social thought
✍ German mathematician, logician and philosopher
✍ Considered to be the father of analytic philosophy
✍ Anglo-Irish philosopher
✍ Primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called 'immaterialism', which denies the existence of material substance
✍ Known for his existential and phenomenological explorations of the 'question of Being'
✍ A controversial figure, largely for his affiliation with Nazism
✍ American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer
✍ His ideas have been influential in education and social reform
✍ Chinese philosopher
✍ Emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity
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