Philosopher Directory

29 philosophers
Eras & Traditions
Ancient & Classical
c. 600 BCE – 500 CE
Eastern Philosophy
c. 800 BCE – present
Medieval
c. 500 – 1500
Early Modern
c. 1500 – 1800
Modern Philosophy
c. 1780 – 1950
Contemporary
c. 1900 – present
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Name ↑Years
Movement
Era & Tradition
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Francis Bacon
Bacon, Francis
1561–1626
Empiricism
Early Modern
Epistemology, Natural Philosophy
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George Berkeley
Berkeley, George
1685–1753
Empiricism
Early Modern
Metaphysics, Epistemology
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1
0
Jakob Böhme
Böhme, Jakob
1575–1624
Mysticism
Early Modern
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion
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2
0
Giordano Bruno
Bruno, Giordano
1548–1600
Hermeticism
Early Modern
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science
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0
0
Edmund Burke
Burke, Edmund
1729–1797
Enlightenment
Early Modern
Political Philosophy, Aesthetics
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1
0
René Descartes
Descartes, René
1596–1650
Rationalism
Early Modern
Epistemology, Metaphysics
1
7
11
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Denis Diderot
Diderot, Denis
1713–1784
Enlightenment
Early Modern
Epistemology, Ethics
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1
0
Erasmus
Erasmus
1466–1536
Humanism
Early Modern
Philosophy of Religion, Ethics
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1
0
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
1749–1832
Natural Philosophy
Early Modern
Aesthetics, Metaphysics
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1
0
Thomas Hobbes
Hobbes, Thomas
1588–1679
Natural Philosophy
Early Modern
Political Philosophy, Ethics
1
5
1
0
David Hume
Hume, David
1711–1776
Empiricism
Early Modern
Epistemology, Metaphysics
1
12
5
0
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
1646–1716
Rationalism
Early Modern
Metaphysics, Logic
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1
0
John Locke
Locke, John
1632–1704
Empiricism
Early Modern
Epistemology, Political Philosophy
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0
0
Isaac Luria
Luria, Isaac
1534–1572
Kabbalah
Early Modern
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion
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0
0
Niccolo Machiavelli
Machiavelli, Niccolò
1469–1527
Humanism
Early Modern
Political Philosophy, Ethics
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1
0
Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne
1533–1592
Humanism
Early Modern
Ethics, Epistemology
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0
0
Montesquieu
Montesquieu
1689–1755
Enlightenment
Early Modern
Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
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0
0
Thomas More
More, Thomas
1478–1535
Humanism
Early Modern
Political Philosophy, Ethics
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1
0
Nicholas of Cusa
Nicholas of Cusa
1401–1464
Mysticism
Early Modern
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion
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1
0
Thomas Paine
Paine, Thomas
1737–1809
Enlightenment
Early Modern
Political Philosophy, Ethics
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0
0
Paracelsus
Paracelsus
1493–1541
Natural Philosophy
Early Modern
Natural Philosophy, Philosophy of Medicine
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0
0
Blaise Pascal
Pascal, Blaise
1623–1662
Mysticism
Early Modern
Philosophy of Religion, Epistemology
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0
0
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
1712–1778
Enlightenment
Early Modern
Political Philosophy, Ethics
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1
0
Baruch Spinoza
Spinoza, Baruch
1632–1677
Rationalism
Early Modern
Metaphysics, Ethics
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2
0
Emanuel Swedenborg
Swedenborg, Emanuel
1688–1772
Mysticism
Early Modern
Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics
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1
0
Voltaire
Voltaire
1694–1778
Enlightenment
Early Modern
Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
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1
0
Mary Wollstonecraft
Wollstonecraft, Mary
1759–1797
Feminism
Early Modern
Political Philosophy, Ethics
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1
0
Yi Hwang (Toegye)
Yi Hwang (Toegye)
1501–1570
Korean
Early Modern
Ethics, Metaphysics
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1
0
Yi I (Yulgok)
Yi I (Yulgok)
1536–1584
Korean
Early Modern
Ethics, Metaphysics
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0
0
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