Philosophers
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Author (number of quotes) | Description |
A | |
Abelard, Pierre (1) | French philosopher, theologian, logician |
Adorno, Theodor W. (2) | German-born sociologist and philosopher |
Alberti, Leon Battista (1) | Italian architect, linguist, author and philosopher |
Amiel, Henri-Frédéric (8) | Swiss philosopher, poet and criticist |
Anaxagoras (1) | Ancient Greek philosopher |
Aristotle (8) | Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist |
B | |
Babbage, Charles (2) | English mathematician, philosopher, inventor |
Bachelard, Gaston (2) | French philosopher |
Bacon, Francis (19) | English philosopher, statesman |
Bacon, Roger (2) | English philosopher |
Barthes, Roland (1) | French literary theorist, philosopher, critic |
Beauvoir, Simone de (2) | French author and philosopher |
Bergson, Henri (1) | French philosopher |
Boghossian, Peter (3) | American philosopher |
Bruno, Giordano (1) | Italian philosopher |
Butler, Nicholas Murray (1) | American philosopher |
C | |
Camus, Albert (18) | French author, philosopher |
Chang, Ruth (1) | American philosopher |
Cicero, Marcus Tullius (3) | Roman philosopher and politician |
Clifford, William Kingdon (1) | English mathematician and philosopher |
D | |
Dahlbom, Bo (1) | Swedish philosopher, computer scientist and researcher |
Democritus (4) | Ancient Greek philosopher |
Dennett, Daniel (47) | American philosopher |
Descartes, René (4) | French philosopher, mathematician |
Diderot, Denis (3) | French philosopher |
Durant, Will (1) | American author, historian, philosopher |
E | |
Epictetus (1) | Ancient Greek philosopher |
F | |
Franklin, Benjamin (27) | American author, politician, philosopher, scientist |
Fromm, Erich (6) | German-American philosopher, psychologist |
G | |
Gabriol, Salamon Ibn (1) | pen name of Salamon ben Jehuda ibn Gabriol, Spanish poet and philosopher |
Gasset, José Ortega y (2) | Spanish philosopher |
Grayling, A. C. (5) | English philosopher |
H | |
Harris, Sam (36) | American author, philosopher |
Hayek, Friedrich (13) | British economist and philosopher |
Heschel, Abraham Joshua (1) | Polish-born American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher |
Hubbard, Elbert (18) | American author and philosopher |
Hume, David (1) | Scottish philosopher and historian |
J | |
James, William (6) | American psychologist and philosopher |
K | |
Kant, Immanuel (3) | German philosopher |
Kazantzakis, Nikos (1) | Greek novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher |
Keen, Sam (1) | American author, professor and philosopher |
Kettering, Charles Franklin (1) | American scientist and philosopher |
L | |
Laertius, Diogenes (1) | Biographer of the Greek philosophers |
Lakatos, Imre (1) | Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science |
Locke, John (3) | English philosopher, doctor, politician |
Luxemburg, Rosa (1) | German philosopher, economist and social activist |
M | |
Maistre, Joseph de (1) | Savoyard philosopher |
McLuhan, Marshall (3) | Canadian philosopher |
Meister, Eckhart (1) | German theologian, philosopher |
Mill, John Stuart (2) | English philosopher |
Montaigne, Michel de (6) | French philosopher |
Mumford, Lewis (1) | American historian, philosopher of science |
N | |
Nietzsche, Friedrich (13) | German philosopher |
P | |
Poincaré, Henri (8) | French mathematician, physicist and philosopher |
Popper, Karl (2) | Austrian philosopher |
R | |
Rand, Ayn (8) | Russian-born American author and philosopher |
Renan, Ernest (1) | French philosopher |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (4) | French philosopher, author and composer |
Russell, Bertrand (31) | English mathematician, philosopher |
S | |
Salecl, Renata (1) | Slovene sociologist and philosopher |
Santayana, George (10) | American philosopher, author, poet |
Sartre, Jean-Paul (5) | French philosopher |
Schlegel, Friedrich von (1) | German philosopher and author |
Schopenhauer, Arthur (11) | German philosopher |
Sextus (4) | Ancient Greek philosopher |
Smith, Adam (1) | Scottish economist and philosopher |
Socrates (1) | Greek Athenian philosopher |
Spencer, Herbert (1) | English philosopher, biologist |
T | |
Thoreau, Henry David (49) | American author, philosopher |
Tzu, Lao (1) | Ancient Chinese philosopher, author of the Tao Te Ching |
Tzu, Sun (1) | ancient Chinese military general and philosopher |
U | |
Unamuno, Miguel de (1) | Spanish author, poet, philosopher |
V | |
Vico, Giambattista (1) | Italian philosopher |
Voltaire (15) | French author, poet, philosopher |
W | |
Watts, Alan Wilson (3) | British-American philosopher |
Whitehead, Alfred North (5) | English-born American philosopher |
Williams, Bernard (1) | English philosopher |
X | |
Xenophanes (1) | Greek philosopher, theologian, poet |