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Plato ranks among the greatest Philosophers of the world and viewed by many scholars as the most important philosopher of the western civilization.
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Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived and the first genuine scientist in history. He made pioneering contributions to all fields of philosophy and science, he invented the field of formal logic, and he identified the various scientific disciplines and explored their relationships to each other.
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One of the greatest philosophers of the world. he was revered by scholars as to the most important philosopher in western civilization. he was famous for his theory of Forms known by pure reason, in which Plato presents a solution to the problem of universals known as Platonism
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Socrate was an Athenian philosopher whose questions and opinions clashed with the current course of Athenian politics and society. he is among the most famous figures in world history for his contributions to the development of ancient Greek philosophy which provided the foundation for all of Western Philosophy. He is, in fact, known as the "Father of Western Philosophy" for this reason is
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Philosophy is a "Love of Wisdom"
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Aquinas believes that moral thought is mainly about bringing moral order to one's own actions and will.
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Descartes argued the theory of innate knowledge and that all humans were born with knowledge through the higher power of God.
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He believed that philosophy and the natural world must be studied inductively, but argued that we can only study arguments for the existence of God.
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John Locke refuted the theory of the divine right of kings and argued that all persons are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property and that rulers who fail to protect those rights may be removed by the people, by force if necessary.
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Kant believes that if a person could not act otherwise, then his or her actions can have no moral worth.
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Pure Concepts are not subjectively applied to sense impressions but rather things exist for actualizing their a priori pure concept.
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Darwin further noted that evolution must be gradual, with no major breaks or discontinuities.
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John Dewey believed that a democratic society of informed and engaged inquirers was the best means of promoting human interests