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470 BCE
Socrates of Athens
Was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher, of it he Western ethical tradition of though. An enigmatic figure, he made no writings, and is known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers writing after his lifetime, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon. -
427 BCE
Plato
Was a philosopher is classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the pivotal figure in the development of Western philosophy. Unlike nearly all of his philosophical contemporaries, Plato's entire work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years. -
384 BCE
Aristotle
Was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidiki, in the north of Classical Greece. Along with Plato, he is considered the "Father of Western Philosophy". Standard interpretations of Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics usually maintain that Aristotle emphasizes the role of habit in conduct. It is commonly through that virtues, according to Aristotle, are habits and that the good life is a life of mindless routine. -
354 BCE
Augustine
He is a fourth century philosopher whose groundbreaking philosophy infused Christian doctrine with Neoplatonism. He is famous for being an inimitable Catholic theologian and for his agnostic contributions to Western philosophy. He argues that skeptics have no basis for claiming to know that there os no knowledge. -
1225
Thomas Aquinas
Was an italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the traditional of scholasticism, within which he is also known as the Doctor Angelicus and the Doctor Communis. The moral philosophy of him involves a merger of at least two apparently disparate traditions: Aristotelian eudaimonism and Christian theology. -
1561
Francis Bacon
Was an English lawyer, statesman, essayist, historian, intellectual reformer, philosopher, and champion of modern science. Early in his career he claimed "all knowledge as his province" and afterwards dedicated himself to a wholesale revelation and re-structuring of traditional learning. To take the place of the established traditional (a miscellany of Scholasticism, humanism, and natural magic), he proposed a new system based on empirical and inductive principles. -
Rene Descartes
He is often credited with being the "Father of Modern Philosophy". His fundamental break with Scholastic philosophy was twofold, First, Descartes through that the Scholastics' method was prone to doubt given their reliance on sensation as the source for all knowledge. Second, he wanted to replace their final causal model of scientific explanation with the more modern, mechanistic model. -
John Locke
Was among the most famous philosophers and political theorists of the 17th century. He is often regarded as the founder of a school of thought known as British Empiricism, and he made foundational contributions to modern theories of limited, liberal government. He was influential in the areas of theology, religious toleration, and educational theory. In his work, the Essay offer an analysis of the human mind and its acquisition of knowledge.