Famous Philosophers

Alan Watts Alan Watts or Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker who popularized and interpreted Eastern Philosophy for the Western audience. He ...	Albert Camus A Nobel Prize laureate, Albert Camus was the French Algerian philosopher, author and journalist, much renowned worldwide for his contribution in the field of ...
Albert Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer was a German born French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary. His notable work is in founding the Albert ...	Alfred North Whitehead Alfred North Whitehead was a British Mathematician who is known for his tremendous contributions in algebra, logic, foundations of mathematics, philosophy of ...
Aristotle Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, better known as the teacher of Alexander the Great. He was the student of Plato and was considered to be an important figure ...	Arthus Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer was an extremely talented German philosopher, best known for his pessimism and clarity of philosophical works. He completed and published ...
Bertrand Russell Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS, is one of the finest names in the list of great philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, ...	Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic philosopher. He did pioneering works in calculating machines and came up ...
David Hume David Hume was a fabulous philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist from Scotland. He was extremely popular for his amazing philosophical empiricism and ...	Diogenes Of Sinope Diogenes was a commendable Greek philosopher and one of the founders of the Cynic philosophy from Sinope. He is also remembered as “Diogenes of Sinope” or ...
Epicurus Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher and one of the prominent philosophers in the Hellenistic period. He was the founder of the school of philosophy ...	F. H. Bradley Francis Herbert Bradley, OM was one of the most influential British idealistic philosophers. Bradley after a number of attempts to gain a fellowship finally ...
Francis Bacon Francis Bacon was a legendary English philosopher, scientist, lawyer, author, statesman, jurist and father of the scientific methods. He was one of the most ...	Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche was a famous German philosopher and philologist known for his critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and ...
Galileo Galilei If the world knows any name as the father of science then Galileo Galilei is surely the one. Galilei is a name that starts and ends modern day Science and its ...	Herbert Spencer Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher, biologist and sociologist. He was also one of the influential classical liberal political theorists of the ...
Hippocrates Hippocrates is a radiant name in the history of medicine. The outstanding individual brought a new form into the field of ancient Greek medicine. Hippocrates’ ...	Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant was a famous Prussian philosopher. He was a professor of philosophy at Königsberg, in Prussia and spent his life in researching, lecturing and ...
Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was an excellent existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer and literary ...	John Dewey John Dewey was a famous American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer. He was also the founder of functional psychology and one of the earliest ...
John Locke John Locke was an outstanding English philosopher and physician, extensively known as the “Father of Liberalism”. He was also admired as one of the most ...	John Stuart Mill A British philosopher and civil servant, John Stuart Mill was an influential contributor to social theory, political theory, and political economy. He was ...
Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx was a popular German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, and revolutionary socialist. His works ...	Karl Popper Karl Popper, also known as Sir Karl Raimund Popper, was an Austrian-born British Philosopher and a professor at the London School of Economics. He is ...
Lao Tzu Lao Tzu also known as Laozi or Lao Tse was a mystic Chinese philosopher who was best known as the author of the “Tao Te Ching”. Being the author of “Tao Te ...	Maimonides Moses ben-Maimon, commonly called Maimonides, was a distinguished Jewish philosopher of medieval times. Apart from being an eminent philosopher, he was also ...
Mencius Mencius was a famous Chinese philosopher, born in the state of Zou. He was controversially considered the most popular Confucian, after Confucius himself. The ...	Michel de Montaigne Michel Eyquem de Montaigne was among the most powerful writers of the French Renaissance. He was extremely popular for publicizing the essay as a literary ...
Philo Philo who, also known as Philo of Alexandria, Philo Judaeus, Philo Judaeus of Alexandria, Yedidia, "Philon", and Philo the Jew, was a popular and prominent ...	Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a famous French philosopher and Jesuit priest who was also trained as a paleontologist and geologist. He took active part in the ...
Plato Plato was a classical Greek philosopher and mathematician, more so known as the student of Socrates and writer of philosophical dialogues. He founded the ...	Plutarch Plutarch was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist, known for his famous works, “Parallel Lives” and “Moralia”. “Parallel Lives” was a ...
Socrates “As for me, all I know is that I know nothing” - a famous quote describes the humble and modest attitude of one of the most famous Greek Athenian philosopher, ...	Soren Kierkegaard Soren Kierkegaard was a famous Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author. He was well known for his criticism of the philosophies of Georg Wilhelm ...
Sun Tzu Sun Tzu was an ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher, who is believed to have written the famous ancient Chinese book on military ...	Thales Thales of Miletus was a prominent and popular Greek philosopher of pre- Socratic times. He belonged to Miletus in Asia Minor and was among the Seven Sages of ...
Thomas Carlyle Thomas Carlyle was a popular satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher from Scotland in the Victorian era, born in the village of Ecclefechan, ...	Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes was a prominent English philosopher, who is best known for his excellent work on political philosophy. His 1651 book “Leviathan” marked the ...
William James William James was one of the original thinkers and a famous American philosopher. For his pioneering work in psychology, he was often called as the ‘Father of ...