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Period: 470 BCE to 399 BCE
Socrates
The Founding Father of Western Philosophy. He was a mentor to Plato and the founder of Socratic Philosophy. This was a way for discussing ideas in which both sides know that they don't know everything. -
Period: 423 BCE to 347 BCE
Plato
The student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, Plato was an influence on the ideas of democracy and the founder of the first western school of higher thought. -
Period: 384 BCE to 322 BCE
Aristotle
Aristotle was a philosopher who focused on physics and human thought. -
Period: 1225 to 1274
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas was a philosopher who was credited with coming up with the 6 proofs of god. He claimed to see angels and float -
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Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes was a philosopher famous for his ideas on metaphysics The only thing he was sure of was that he was real. He is accredited with saying "I think, therefore I am" -
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John Locke
John Locke was a philosopher famous for his ideas on epistemology. -
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David Hume
David Hume was a philosopher famous for his ideas that knowledge based on the senses and reflection. -
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Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was famous for his ideas that a good act is defined by its intention and not the end result