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384
Aristotle (384BC - 322BC)
"There must be a separate and unchanging being that is the source of all beings." -
427
Plato (427BC - 347BC)
"Man - a being in search of meaning." -
470
Socrates (470BC - 399BC)
"There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance." -
570
Pythagoras (570BC - 495BC)
"Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men." -
Hobbes (April 5, 1588 - December 4, 1679)
"Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech." -
Descartes (March 31, 1596 - February 11,1650)
"I doubt therefore I think, I think therefore I am." -
Locke (August 29, 1632 - October 28, 1704)
"Sovereignty resides in the people and explains the nature of legitimate government in terms of natural rights and social contract." -
Montesquieu (January 18, 1689 - February 10, 1755)
"There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice." -
Rosseau (June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778)
"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains." -
Kant (April 22, 1724 - February 12, 1804)
"Thrift is care and scruple in the spending of one's means. It is not a virtue and it requires neither skill nor talent."