Levinas (1906-1995)

  Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) Emmanuel Levinas was a Jewish French philosopher. He grew up in Lithuania and received Jewish education, and moved to France to study philosophy in 1924. Drafted to...

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Nel Noddings (1929–2022)

NEL NODDINGS - CARING Nel Noddings (1929–2022) was an American feminist philosopher of education, best known for her work on the ethics of caring, or care ethics. She started her career as an elementa...

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Marcel (1889-1973)

THEMES ON THIS PAGE:  1. FIDELITY TO MYSELF 2. GENEROSITY AS LIGHT 3. PHILOSOPHICAL EXPERIENCE  4. BEING TOGETHER 5. ATTITUDE TO LIFE 6. DEEP IDEAS Gabriel Marcel (1...

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Emerson (1803-1882)

Ralph Waldo Emerson FRIENDSHIP AS ELEVATING THE SOUL   Emerson (1803-1882) was an American philosopher, writer and poet, who was the leader of the Transcendentalist movement of the 19th century. ...

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Marx (1818-1883)

THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. ALIENATION AT WORK2. ORIGIN OF CONSCIOUSNESS3. HUMAN NATURE Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German philosopher and social revolutionary whose writings had a tremendous influence on...

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Mill (1806-1873)

JOHN STUART MILL  (1806-1873) Higher and lower kinds of happiness John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was a British philosopher who was very influential in the fields of Ethics, Political Philosophy, an...

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Burke (1729–1797)

EDMUND BURKE The Terror of the Sublime Edmund Burke (1729–1797) was a British philosopher and politician. He grew up in Dublin, Ireland, which was then part of Britain, and after college education mov...

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Leibniz (1646-1716)

Gottfried Leibniz – The philosophical insight of a teenager Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was an important German philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. In mathematics, he discovered diffe...

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Unamuno (1864-1936)

Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) On Love Love comes from compasion Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) was a Spanish philosopher, novelist and poet. After studying at the University of Madrid, he became a prof...

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Zambrano (1904-1991)

THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. CLEARINGS IN THE FOREST 2. WHY DO WRITERS WRITE? 3. EXPERIENCE OF LIFE 4. PHILOSOPHY STEEPS OUT OF LIFE Maria Zambrano (1904-1991) was a Spanish philosopher whose philosophy wa...

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Weil (1909-1943)

Simone Weil (1909-1943) On Love Simone Weil (1909-1943) was a Jewish-born French spiritual philosopher, and was also a political activist with communist and anarchist leanings. She studied philosophy ...

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Stein (1891-1942)

THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. EMPATHIC UNDERSTANDING 2. SHAPING MY BELIEF 3. 4.  Edith Stein was a German philosopher, a student of Edmund Husserl, the father of Phenomenology. She wrote her PhD disser...

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Nietzsche (1844-1900)

THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. SELF-CREATION2. THE DEATH OF GOD3. THE VIRTUE OF GIFT-GIVING Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher and one of the most influential thinkers of modern times. ...

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Skeptics (4th-3rd century BC)

THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. SEXTUS EMPIRICUS 2. . PYRRHO 3. CARNEADES SKEPTICS PHILOSOPHERS The Skeptic school of philosophy was founded by the Greek philosopher Pyrrho in the 4th-3rd century BC...

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Heschel (1907-1972)

Abraham Heschel (1907-1972) THEMES ON THIS PAGE:  1. THE INEFFABLE  2. CREATING HIGHER NEEDS  3. RADICAL AMAZEMENT Abraham Heschel (1907-1972) was a Jewish American thinker, rabbi, phil...

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Fromm (1900-1980)

Erich Fromm (1900-1980) On Love I love the world through you Erich Fromm (1900-1980) was a German-born Jewish psychologist, psychiatrist, and philosopher. He did his doctorate in sociology, and then s...

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Marías (1914-2005)

 MARÍAS (1914-2005)  THEMES ON THIS PAGE:  1. PHILOSOPHIZING INCLUDES ITS HISTORY 2. THE EXPERIENCE OF LIFE 3. TRUTH 4. AUTHENTICITY Julián Marías (1914-2005) was a Spani...

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Marcus Aurelius (121-180)

MARCUS AURELIUS (121-180) THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. HARMONY WITH NATURE2. INNER PEACE3. SELF-REFLECTION4. TIME AND CHANGE5. THE REAL SELF Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) was a Philosopher and a Roman emper...

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Langer

Susanne Langer (1895-1985)  THEMES ON THIS PAGE:  1. THE NEED TO SYMBOLIZE2. ART SHAPES FEELINGS  3. ART AS AN ILLUSION Susanne Langer (1895-1985) was an American Philosopher, one of th...

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Schweitzer (1875-1965) 

Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)  THEMES ON THIS PAGE:  1. REVERENCE FOR LIFE 2. THE WILL TO LIVE  3.THE SOCIAL MISSION OF PHILOSOPHY Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) was a French-German...

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