Anaximander biography Anaximander, like Thales of Miletus, was from Miletus and that is why he is known as Anaximander of Miletus. It is believed that he...
Miguel De Unamuno biography Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was born in Bilbao, Spain, on September 29, 1864. He was a writer, poet, philosopher and one...
Lao Tse biography Lao Tse (604 a.C -) Chinese thinker, creator of Taoism. His birth occurred in a small village in the present province of Honan,...
John Locke biography John Locke (August 29, 1632 – October 28, 1704) father of liberalism. He was born in Wrington, Somerset, England. Son of Puritans Agnes...
Voltaire Biography François-Marie Arouet, better known like Voltaire, was one of the main thinkers of the Illustration, writer, philosopher, historian and French lawyer, recognized by to...
Pythagoras Biography Pythagoras was born on the island of Samos around 569 b.C. and died in Metaponto around 475 b.C. He was a Greek mathematician who...
Plato Biography Plato probably was born in Athens or in Aegina in 427 b.C. and died in Athens in 347 b.C. He was an apprentice philosopher...
Niccolo Machiavelli Biography Niccolo Machiavelli was a political philosopher, public official, diplomat and Italian writer, who was considered to be the father of modern political science,...
Friedrich Engels Biography Friedrich Engels (November 28, 1820 – August 5, 1895) was a German philosopher, political economist and revolutionary. He was born in Barmen, Germany. Engels...
Confucius Biography Confucius or Kung Fu-Tse (literally “Master Kong”) was a Chinese thinker creator of Confucianism that focuses on a good way of living, good conduct at...