- Adam Smith - Adam Smith was a genius among the economists along with also being a philosopher. Not only did he extend the boundaries of economy, but also enlightened and reformed the commercial policy of Europe.
- Albert Schwitzer - Dr. Albert Schweitzer was a physician, animal lover, environmentalist, musician, theologian, anti-nuclear activist, philosopher, pastor, husband, father and a friend.
- Aristotle - In a small Greek township of Stagira, Aristotle was born in the summer of 384 B.C., on the Chalcidie Peninsula of Macedonia in Northern Greece.
- Ayn Rand - The earth has, ever since it's origin, witnessed phenomena. Ayn Rand was one such phenomenon, with an air of uniqueness all around her.ce.
- Benjamin Franklin - Franklin is considered to be one of the leading founding statesman of the ‘United States of America.’He was a shrewd statesmen. Here is an example of his wit and humor.
- Bertrand Russell - He was born in Britain. His mother’s name was Katharine Russell, Lady Amberley. She gave birth to three children between 1865 and 1872, of whom Bertrand was the last.
- Francis Bacon - The life of Francis Bacon is a story of a life devoted to great ideas. These ideas grew on him from his very childhood and pre-occupied him until his death.
- Friedrich Neitzsche - Friedrich Nietzsche was suffering from lapses of depression and ill health, during his whole lifetime. He was an outspoken and harsh writer.
- Geoffrey Chaucer - A soldier, a civil servant, a diplomat - Geoffrey Chaucer has been busy all his life on many more fronts besides being a pioneer of the world of literature.
- Goethe - One of the masters of the world literature, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe was the last European poet who possessed the revolutionary qualities of the great Renaissance personalities.
- Hegel - George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel born in Stuttgart, Germany, was an idealist philosopher who has influenced most facets of modern philosophy.
- Immanuel Kant - Immanuel Kant, regarded as the greatest of modern philosophers, gave a new direction to philosophy by showing the limits of knowledge, and by reconciling reason with feeling.
- J. Krishnamurti - Jiddu Krishnamurti was born in Mandanapalle, A.P., India, on May 12th, 1895.For more than 60 years he travelled the world giving interviews to millions of people of varied ages and backgrounds, saying that a complete change in the hearts and minds of people was the only way to bring about a change in society and peace in the world.
- Jean Sartre - French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre was an exponent of Existentialism, an advocate of human freedom and dignity, novelist, playwright, journalist, and a political thinker.
- John Dewey - John Dewey is considered to be one of the few Americans of the 20th century who "…can be acknowledged on a world scale as a spokesman for mankind."
- John Locke - "New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common."
- John Stuart Mill - John Stuart Mill, has had a profound influence on 19th century British thought in philosophy, economics, political science, logic, and ethics. His father James Mill – a renowned British historian, economist, and philosopher, embarked on and monitored John’s high intensity education beginning with Greek, to prepare him intellectually for eventual leadership of the Benthamites.
- Khalil Gibran - Khalil Gibran was born on January 6, 1883, to the Maronite family of Gibran in Bsharri, in Northern Lebanon. The people of Mount Lebanon had struggle for several years to gain independence from the Ottoman rule, a cause Gibran was later to adopt and become an active member in.
- Lao-tzu - Lao-tzu was a great Chinese philosopher. He had come out with these doctrines 2000 years ago. These doctrines still hold true. Lao-tzu defines religion and nature as Tao.
- Mulla Nasruddin - The character portrayal of Mulla Nasruddin is that of a simpleton. He is someone as common as our next door neighbour and as witty as your favourite screen comedian. His daily routine was itself a source of fun for those around him. His deeds always had a certain depth.
- Plato - According to the most reliable accounts, Plato was born in the spring of year 427 BC, in the island of Agina, near Athens. His father was Ariston.
- Ralph Emerson - Emerson went to Europe and met many British writers and poets. He came back from Europe in 1833, and settled in Concord, Massachusetts.
- Rene Descartes - Rene Descartes ( Latin: Renatius Cartesius ), the founder of modern philosophy and one of the creators of seventeenth century science, liberated philosophical thought from the confines of tradition bound medieval philosophy divorced from observation and practice.
- Socrates - Socrates was born about 10 years after the Battle of Salamis. His father, Sophronisus, was a friend of the family of Aristides, the founder of the Delian League, empire arose. The philosopher’s mother, Phaenarete, acted as a “midwife”.
- Voltaire - Francois Marie Arouet used the pseudonym Voltaire. He was a French author and leader of the 'Enlightenment Movement'.
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