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Western Philosophers
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Philosophers born before 1900.

Colours indicate the language (prevalently) used by the philosopher:
Deep blue - Greek
Red - Latin
Green - Italian
Light blue - German
Yellow - French
Purple - English
Violet - Other
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Created on Jan 22, 2008 · By Dario · Updated Mar 1, 2009
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Thales
Miletus / Milâs 620-550 * Classical Philosophy

Anaximander
Miletus / Milâs 610-550

Anaximenes
Miletus / Milâs 580-520

Pythagoras
Samos 570-490

Heraclitus
Ephesus / Selçuk 550-480

Parmenides
Elea / Velia (Ascea) 515-450

Anaxagoras
Clazomenae / Kilizman (Izmir) 496-428

Zeno
Elea / Velia (Ascea) 495-430

Empedocles
Akragas / Agrigento 492-430

Protagoras
Abdera 490-410

Gorgias
Lentini 485-379

Socrates
Athens 469-399

Democritus
Abdera 460-370

Plato
Athens 428-347

Diogenes
Sinop 412-323

Aristoteles
Stagira 384-322

Pyrrho
Elis 365-275

Epicurus
Samos 341-271

Zeno
Citium 333-263

Chrysippus
Soli / Çukurova 281-108

Cicero
Arpino 106-43

Seneca
Cordoba 4 BC-65 AD

Epictetus
Hierapolis / Pamukkale 50-138

Marcus Aurelius
Rome 121-180

Plotinus
Lycopolis 205-270

Augustine
Tagaste / Souk Ahras 354-430

Scotus Eriugena
Ireland 810-877 * Medieval Philosophy

Avicenna
Bukhara 980-1037 Wrote in Arabic.

Anselm
Aosta 1033-1109

Abelard
Pallett 1079-1142

Averroes
Cordoba 1126-1198 Wrote in Arabic.

Maimonides
Cordoba 1138-1204 Wrote in Arabic.

Roger Bacon
Ilminster 1212-1292

Thomas
Roccasecca (Aquino) 1225-1274

Duns Scoto
Duns 1266-1308

William
Ockham 1290-1349

Nicholas
Kues 1401-1464 * Renaissance Philosophy

Ficino
Figline Valdarno 1433-1499

Pico
Mirandola 1463-1494

Erasmus
Rotterdam 1466-1536

Machiavelli
San Casciano 1467-1527

More
London 1478-1535

Luther
Eisleben 1483-1546

Telesio
Cosenza 1509-1588

Montaigne
Bordeaux 1533-1592

Bruno
Nola 1548-1600

Francis Bacon
London 1561-1626

Galilei
Pisa 1564-1642

Campanella
Stignano 1568-1639

Hobbes
Malmesbury 1588-1679 * Modern Philosophy

Descartes
Descartes 1596-1650

Pascal
Clermont-Ferrand 1623-1662

Spinoza
Amsterdam 1632-1677

Malebranche
Paris 1638-1715

Leibniz
Leipzig 1646-1716 Wrote also in Latin.

Vico
Naples 1668-1744

Locke
Wrington 1672-1704

Berkeley
Dysert 1685-1753

Montesquieu
La Brède (Gironde) 1689-1755

Voltaire
Paris 1694-1778

Hume
Edinburgh 1711-1776

Rousseau
Geneva 1712-1778

Diderot
Langres 1713-1784

Condillac
Grenoble 1715-1780

Kant
Koenisberg / Kaliningrad 1724-1804

Fichte
Rammenau 1762-1814 * Nineteenth century Philosophy

Hegel
Stuttgart 1770-1831

Schelling
Leonberg 1775-1854

Schopenhauer
Danzig / Gdansk 1788-1860

Comte
Montpellier 1798-1857

Feuerbach
Landshut 1804-1872

Mill
London 1806-1873

Proudhon
Besançon 1809-1865

Kierkegaard
Copenaghen 1813-1855 Wrote in Danish.

Marx
Trier 1818-1883

Engels
Barmen 1820-1895

Spencer
Derby 1820-1903

Peirce
Cambridge (MA) 1839-1914

James
New York 1842-1910

Nietzche
Röcken 1844-1900

Frege
Wismar 1848-1925 * Contemporary Philosophy

Freud
Freiberg in Mähren / Příbor 1856-1939

Husserl
Prossnitz / Prostějov 1859-1938

Bergson
Paris 1859-1941

Dewey
Burlington (VT) 1859-1952

Croce
Pescasseroli 1866-1952

Russell
Ravenscroft (Cleddon Hall) 1872-1970

Wittgenstein
Wien 1889-1951

Heidegger
Meßkirch 1889-1976

Gramsci
Ales 1891-1937

Carnap
Ronsdorf 1891-1970 Wrote also in English.

Gadamer
Marburg 1898-1979

Marcuse
Berlin 1898-1979