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Note that the first few philosophers were BCE, so they are out of order, but TimeToast doesn't offer a BCE or BC option that I know of, sorry about that.
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Another famous Greek philosopher, Epicurus created the atomistic theory with influence from a naturalistic philosohper Democritis (Diano).
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Hypatia was born in Egypt. She's not only an outstanding philosopher, but the earlist female mathmatician (Deakin).
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Aristotle was born in 384 BCE in Greece. He is one of the most popular philosophers due to his contibutions in many fields including arts, sciences, rhetoric, as well as philosophy (Amadio).
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Born in 428 BCE in Greece, he gained his influence from another philosopher, his mentor, Socrates. He streseed mostly on the idea hat mistakes were made within the forms of Justice, Equality, and Beauty (Meinwald).
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Born in Greece, Socrates plays a huge role in modern philosophy. He was seen as a controversial man and studied langage and nature. It was also rumored that he may have been athiest (Kraut).
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Confucius was known as a philosopher and a political theorist. But we can all agree that he's most commonly known for developing Confuciansim (Aimes). -
Laozi, chinese Daoist philosopher, was commonly known as "Master Lao". He was commonly known for the philosophical analyses on the cultural effects of Daoism (Aimes).
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Averroes was a Muslim philosopher born in Spain. He was an islamic influence as he combined islamic ideas with those commonly found in greek philosophy (Rosenthal).
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Born in 1596 France, Descartes in popularly known for his consciousness theories as well as his version of mind-body dualism (Watson).
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Born in modern day Russia, Kant is most commonly known for his theories of ethics and aesthetics (Bird).
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Born in France. Comte was the founder of sociology and focused his philosophical views on theology and metaphysics (Barnes).
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Born in Germany, Marx was not only an influential philosopher, but was also known for his contributions to the fields of sociology and psychology (Feuer).
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Born in Germany, Einstein is likely to be the most influential physicist of this century. His deep religious affiliation blooming at such a young age paved Einstein's path onto philosophy and mathematics (Kaku).
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Born in Alabama, Angela Davis is one of the first black female philosophers. Although she is more commonly known for her work as a political activist, she has made a few contributions to the world of philosophy ("Angela Davis").
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Born in Oklahoma, Cornel was an american philosopher as well as a political activist. Being one of the few african american philosophers, West stressed the issues of race, class, and justice (Duignan).
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