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Philosophers

Philosophers are people who study philosophy through asking, analysing and attempting to answer philosophical questions.

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Jacques Derrida (15 July 1930 – 8 October 2004), a French philosopher, born in French Algeria. He is known for developing the critical theory of deconstruction, and his work has been associated both ...

Noam Chomsky

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Born Avram Noam Chomsky (December 7, 1928), an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and political activist. He is an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the ...

Karl Marx

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Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883), a German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, and revolutionary socialist, who developed the ...

Aristotle

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Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC), a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, ...

Adi Shankara

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Indian philosopher and mystic, the great proponent of the Advaita Vedanta doctrine. Generally accepted as living in from 788 CE - 820 CE, some historians place his birth over a millennia ...

Vincent Descombes

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Vincent Descombes is a French philosopher, born in 1943, specializing in the philosophy of language andaction. Director of Studies at at the High school in Social Sciences, he is a member of the ...

Luc Ferry

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Luc Ferry (born January 3, 1951 in Colombes in the Hauts-de-Seine, France) is a French philosopher and former Minister of Youth, National Education and Research in the first and second Jean-Pierre ...