Philosophers

  • Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900 CE)
    1844 BCE

    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900 CE)

    “What does not kill me makes me stronger.”
    He is a German philosopher who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers. Generations of theologians, philosophers, psychologists, poets, novelists, and playwrights have been profoundly influenced by his efforts to expose the motivations that underlie conventional Western religion, morality, and philosophy. What is the summary of Nietzsche's philosophy?
    His philosophy is mainly referred to as “existentialism”.
  • Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832 CE)
    1748 BCE

    Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832 CE)

    "It is the greatest good to the greatest number which is the measure of right and wrong."
    He is philosopher, economist, jurist, and legal reformer and the founder of modern utilitarianism. an ethical theory that contends that deeds are morally right if they tend to foster happiness or pleasure in all those they affect, and morally wrong if they tend to foster unhappiness or pain.
  • Immanuel Kant (1724-1804 CE)
    1724 BCE

    Immanuel Kant (1724-1804 CE)

    "We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without."
    Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher and one of the foremost thinkers of the Enlightenment, Act in a way that treats humanity, whether it be in your own person or in the person of anyone else, as an end in and of itself rather than merely a means to one. He introduced the “critical philosophy” is human autonomy.
  • René Descartes (1596–1650 CE)
    1596 BCE

    René Descartes (1596–1650 CE)

    “I think, therefore I am.”
    an outstandingly inventive mathematician, a significant scientific thinker, and a pioneering metaphysician. He was primarily a mathematician throughout his life, followed by a natural scientist or "natural philosopher" and a metaphysician. Also invented analytical geometry and introduced skepticism as an essential part of the scientific method.
  • Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679 CE)
    1588 BCE

    Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679 CE)

    “Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.”
    Thomas Hobbes was born April 5, 1588, Westport, Wiltshire, England—died December 4, 1679, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire. He was a English philosopher, scientist, and historian, best known for his political philosophy, especially as articulated in his masterpiece Leviathan (1651). https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Hobbes
  • Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274 CE)
    1225 BCE

    Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274 CE)

    “To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
    Thomas Aquinas was one of the greatest of the Scholastic philosophers before. He created a thorough synthesis of Christian theology and Aristotelian philosophy, which had a long-lasting impact on Roman Catholic doctrine and was adopted as the church's official philosophy in 1917.
  • Confucius (551-479 BCE)
    551 BCE

    Confucius (551-479 BCE)

    “It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”
    Confucian political theory emphasized conflict resolution through mediation, rather than through the application of abstract rules to establish right and wrong in order to achieve social harmony. He was a philosopher and teacher, His disciples recorded his ideas and the most significant of which is the Lunyu. Confucianism emphasizes human-centered virtues for peaceful living as well as ancestor worship.
  • Socrates (470-399 BCE)
    470 BCE

    Socrates (470-399 BCE)

    “Know thyself”
    One of the three most important thinkers in the early history of Western philosophy, along with Plato and Aristotle, was a Greek philosopher named Socrates who lived in Athens in the fifth century BCE. He is once the most exemplary and the strangest of the Greek philosophers.
  • Plato (427-347 BCE)
    427 BCE

    Plato (427-347 BCE)

    "Justice is built on the foundation of citizens doing what they are naturally best suited to do whether it is business or ruling"
    Plato believed that reality is divided into two parts: A philosopher in the fifth century BCE was named Plato. He studied under Socrates and later mentored Aristotle. Many people consider the Academy, which he founded, to be the first Western university. At least 25 philosophical works were produced by Plato.
  • Aristotle (384-322 BCE)
    384 BCE

    Aristotle (384-322 BCE)

    “Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”
    He is one of history's greatest philosophers and the first real scientist. In his metaphysics, he claims that there must be a separate and unchanging being that is the source of all other beings. He invented the field of formal logic, made groundbreaking contributions to all areas of philosophy and science, and identified and examined the connections between the various scientific disciplines.