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May 4, 1469
Maquiavelo
Italian historian, philosopher and politician. He belongs to the Renaissance. He is one of the most important thinkers that formed the modern politics. Books:
El Principe-Maquiavelo -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Modern Philosophy
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Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Italian astronomous, mathematician, philosopher that was part of the scientific revolution. He belongs to the Renaissance and the Modern age, he was interested in science and arts. -
John Locke
He was an english thinker considered as father of the empirism and the modern liberalism. -
Leibniz
German philosopher, mathematician, jurist, librarian and politician.
He's thoughts brought the modern logic and the birth of modern escolastic. His theory of the “Nomadas” is one pf the most complex of modern philoshy. -
George Berkeley
Irish philosopher and cleric that is considered to be the father of modern Idealism. -
Inmanuel Kant
German philosopher from the Enlightenment. He is the most important philosopher of german idealism and is considered as one of the most influent thinkers of the History. Main book:
Crítica de la razón pura -
Friedrich Hegel
German philosopher whose theory is very obscure and deep. Nevertheless, the deepness of his thinking brought a whole new way of understanding the philosophy. -
Period: to
Contemporary Philosophy
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Karl Marx
German philosopher and politic militant. He is considered to be the father of socialism thanks to his theory: marxism Main books:
Communist Manfiesto (written by Marx and Engels)
The Capital -
Charles Sanders Pierce
Logician, scientist and philosopher. He was born in USA and is the main thinker of the pramagtism theory. -
Nietzsche
Philosopher, writer and musicians borned in Germany. His thinking's have been very infuent, as nihilism became the way of life of many people. Main books:
Así habló Zarathustra -
Gandhi
Thinker, lawyer and philosopher from India. His moral development about the indian pacific way to independence has put him at the top of the eastern philosophy. -
Karl Popper
His theory about falsacionism caused trouble among other theories, but is considered as a great scientist and philosopher. He was born in Germany -
Sartre
Very important french writer and philosopher. He won the Nobel prize of literature. He thinks that the Human Being is born to be free and to be consequent with his/her actions. -
Carlos Castañeda
He is not very known, bit his theory about misticism and religion has influenced a lot in South American philosophy. -
Chomsky
He was born in EEUU and worked as antropologist and philosopher He defended modern anarchism -
Zizek
Zizek is one of the most brilliant philosopher of our time. He was born in Ljubljana and his worked is based on a modern vision of socialism, adapted to modern capitalism