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Confucius was a Chinese philosopher and politician of the Spring and Autumn period who was traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages, he was also known as The Great Sage, The Model Teacher for Myriadand & many more. His real name is Kong Qiu, he was born in 28 September 551 BC, Lu and died in 11 April 479 BC, Lu.
Here's one of his famous philosophies:
"Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you." -
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition. He was born in 384 BC, Stagira, Greece and he died in 322 BC, Chalcis, Greece. Here's one of his famous philosophies:
"One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy." -
Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher and sage who founded Epicureanism, a highly influential school of philosophy. He was born on the Greek island of Samos to Athenian parents. He was born in February 341 BC, Samos, Greece and died in 270 BC, Athens, Greece.
Here's one of his famous philosophies:
"Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily." -
Thomas Aquinas is an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He was born in 1225, and he died in 7th of March 1272 in Abbazia di Fossanova, Fossanova Abbey, Italy. He was influenced by: Augustine of Hippo, Aristotle, Plato, Socrates. Here's one of his famous philosophies:
"Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do." -
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, philosopher, politician, historian and writer who lived during the Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise The Prince, written about 1513. He has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science. He was born in 3 May 1469, Florence, Italy and died in 21 June 1527, Florence, Italy.
Here's one of his famous philosophies:
"Never was anything great achieved without danger." -
Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. He was in 5 April 1588, Westport, Wiltshire and he died in 4 December 1679, Derbyshire, United Kingdom.
Here's one of his famous philosophies:
"Leisure is the mother of philosophy." -
René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist who invented analytical geometry, linking the previously separate fields of geometry and algebra. He was born in 31 March 1596, Descartes, France and died in 11 February 1650, Stockholm, Sweden.
Here's one of his famous philosophies:
"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries." -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational thought. He was born in 28 June 1712, Geneva, Switzerland and he died in 2 July 1778, Ermenonville, France.
Here's on of his famous philosophies:
"Cities are the abyss of the human species." -
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He was in 5 May 1813, Copenhagen, Denmark and he died in 11 November 1855, Copenhagen, Denmark. His full name is Søren Aabye Kierkegaard.
Here's one of his famous philosophis:
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." -
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is considered by some to be the greatest philosopher of the 20th century. He was born in 26 April 1889, Vienna, Austria and died in 29 April 1951, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Here's one of his famous philosophies:
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."