ethical philosopher

Socrates

470 BCE

History
-Born in deme alopece, Athens - Died at the age of 71
Cause of death : sentenced to death by drinking hemlock.
Contribution
- A classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the western ethical traditional of thought.
- An enigmatic figure, he made no writings, and is known chiefly though the account of classical writer writing after his lifetime, particularly for his student Plato and Xenophon.

Plato

427 BCE

History
- Born and died in Athens, Greece
- His real name was Aristocles
Contribution
- Was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the pivotal figure in the development of Western philosophy.
- Notable ideas are Platonic philosophy, Agathos Kai sophos, Demiurge and many more.

ARISTOTLE

384 BCE

History
-Born in the city of Stagira, chalkidiki in north of classical Greece.
Greece Education: Platonic Academy (367BC-347BC)
Parents: Nicomachus and Phaestis

Contribution
-"Father of Western philosophy"
- A towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, making contributions to logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology, botany, ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance and theatre. He was a student of Plato who in turn studied under Socrate.

AUGUSTINE

354 BCE

History
- Was a Roman African, early christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy.
- A bishop of Hippo Regius in north Africa.
School: Christian Philosophy
Contribution
-Among his important work are The City of God, On Christian Doctrine and Confession.
- Established a new Ancient Faith
- Help in formulating the doctrine of original sin and made seminal contribution to developed

THOMAS AQUINAS

1225

History
- An Italian priest "Saint Thomas Aquinas". Born in Roccasecca Italy - Died in Fossanova Abbey Italy
- Was an Italian philosopher and theologian of the Medieval period.
Feast: Jan 28 - March 7, 1274
Education: University of Paris and University of Naples Federico
Contribution
-He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology at the peak of Scholasticism in Europe, and the founder of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology.

FRANCES BACON

1561

History
- Born in strand London, UK - Died in Highgate, London, UK
Spouse: Alice Barnham (m. 1606-1626)
- Former lord chancellor Francis Bacon, 1st viscount St Alban, PC QC was an English philosopher and statesman.
Influenced: Aristotle, Plato, and Niccolo Machiavelli.
Contribution
-His more valuable work was philosophical. Bacon took up Aristotelian ideas, arguing for an empirical, inductive approach, known as the scientific method,

RENE DESCARTES

1596

March 31 1596 - Feb 11, 1650
History
- Born in Descartes, indre-et-loire - Died in Stockholm, Sweden.
- French philosopher, Mathematician, and scientists.
Influenced: John Locke, Isaac Newton, Baruch Spinoza and more.
Contribution
-French mathematician and philosopher was born in 1596. It was partly because of his contribution that western philosophy and mathematics flourished. In recognition of his contribution, he is often referred as “father or founder father of modern philosophy”.

JOHN LOCKE

1632

History
-Born in wrington, somersct, England - Died at the age of 72 in High laver, Essex, England.
Education: Christ
-Was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment think and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".
Contribution
-Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, he is equally important to social contract theory.
-His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy.

IMMANUEL KANT

1724

History
-Born and died in Konigsberg
Influenced: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, Friedrich Nietzsche
- In his doctrine of transcendetial idealism, he argued that space, time and causation are mere sensibility: "things a in a themselves".
Contribution
- One of the most influential philosophers in the history of Western philosophy.
-His contributions to metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics have had a profound impact on almost every philosophical movement that followed him.

GOERG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL

1770

History
- Born in Stuttgart Germany - Died in Berlin Germany.
Education: Tùbingen (1788-1790) and Eberhard-Ludwig's gymnasium.
Influenced: Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, and more.
- Was a German philosopher and an important figure of German idealism.
Contribution
- He achieved wide recognition in his day and—while primarily influential within the continental tradition of philosophy—has become increasingly influential in the analytic tradition as well.

CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN

1809

History
- Born in the mount house, strewsbury UK - Died in Down House, Downe UK.
Education: Christ's College Cambridge (1828-1831), University of Edinburgh, Medical School (1825-1827), Shrewsbury School and more.
Contribution
- Was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.
-His proposition that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors is now widely accepted, and considered a foundational

JOHN DEWEY

1859

History
-Born in Burlington, Vermont United States - Died in New York at the aged of 92
- Arguably the most influential thinker on education in the twentieth century, Dewey's contribution lies along several fronts
Alma Mater: University of Vermont Johns Hopkins University Era 20th Descartes
Contribution

- An american philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influencial in education and social reform.