Famous Philosophers

Notice BCE

Period: 200 to Jan 1, 650

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.

Epicurus

341

Another famous Greek philosopher, Epicurus created the atomistic theory with influence from a naturalistic philosohper Democritis (Diano).
(Diano)

Hypatia

355

Hypatia was born in Egypt. She's not only an outstanding philosopher, but the earlist female mathmatician (Deakin).
(Deakin)
BCE

Aristotle

384

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).
("Aristotle: Portrait Bust")

Plato

428

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).
(Plato)

Socrates

470

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).
(Kraut)

BCE

Confucius

551

BCE
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

Jan 1, 600

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).
BCE

Averroes

Jan 1, 1126

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).
(Rosenthal)

Rene Descartes

Mar 31, 1596

Born in 1596 France, Descartes in popularly known for his consciousness theories as well as his version of mind-body dualism (Watson).
(Descartes, Rene)

Immanuel Kant

Apr 22, 1724

Born in modern day Russia, Kant is most commonly known for his theories of ethics and aesthetics (Bird).
(Bird)

Auguste Comte

Jan 19, 1798

Born in France. Comte was the founder of sociology and focused his philosophical views on theology and metaphysics (Barnes).
(Barnes)

Karl Marx

May 5, 1818

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).
(Feuer)

Albert Einstien

Mar 14, 1879

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).
(Kaku)

Angela Davis

Jan 26, 1944

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").
(Davis, Angela)

Cornel West

Jun 2, 1953

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).
(West, Cornel)