| Aristotle |
a Greek philosopher (384-322 B.C.). |
| ashram |
the residence, usu. secluded, of a Hindu philosopher or religious teacher to whom followers come for instruction. [1/2 definitions] |
| Baruch Spinoza |
a Dutch philosopher (b.1632--d.1677). |
| Buddha |
the title earned by the Indian religious philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism. (See Siddhartha.) [1/2 definitions] |
| Confucius |
a Chinese philosopher whose ethical teachings were introduced into Chinese religion; K'ung Fu-tzu (551?-479? B.C.). |
| Eleatic |
any philosopher of the Eleatic school. [1/2 definitions] |
| Epicurus |
a Greek philosopher (342?-270 B.C.). |
| Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel |
a German philosopher (b.1770--d.1831). |
| Henri Bergson |
a French philosopher (b.1859--d.1941). |
| Heraclitus |
a Greek philosopher (550?-480? B.C.). |
| Immanuel Kant |
a German philosopher (b.1724--d.1804). |
| Isaac Newton |
an English philosopher and mathematician who formulated the laws of gravity (b.1642--d.1727). |
| Jean-Paul Sartre |
a French philosopher and author (b.1905--d.1980). |
| Karl Marx |
a German political philosopher and economist who founded modern socialism (b.1818--d.1883). |
| Lao Tzu |
a Chinese philosopher considered to be the founder of Taoism (about the sixth century B.C.). |
| Marcus Aurelius |
a Stoic philosopher who was emperor of Rome in 161-180 A.D. (b.121--d.180 A.D.). |
| philosophize |
to reason in the way of a philosopher. [1/2 definitions] |
| Plato |
a Greek philosopher (427?-347? B.C.). |
| Pythagoras |
a Greek philosopher and mathematician (582?-500? B.C.). |
| René Descartes |
a French philosopher and mathematician (b.1596--d.1650). |
| Saint Augustine |
a father and philosopher of the early Christian church (b.354--d.430 A.D.). |