A student of Plato in Ancient Greece, he contributed to metaphysics, logic, poetry and linguistics.
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Aristotle
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Born in Germany, he argued that we cannot know what the world is like, only what we think it is like
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Immanuel Kant
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He was Aristotle’s teacher. He started the first institution of higher learning in the Western World
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Plato
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A Chinese philosopher who lived around 500 BC, he focused on relationships and how the family was important to society
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Confucius
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He is famous for saying ”I think, therefore I am”
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Rene Descartes
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He is famous for the method in which a series of questions are asked to lead the listener to a conclusion
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Socrates
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This English physician believed that all knowledge comes from our senses
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John Locke
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A Chinese philosopher who founded Taoism from the 6th century BC
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Laozi
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A French philosopher who advocated the use of reason over organised religion
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Voltaire
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Born in China around 500 BC, he was a military general and philosopher, famous for writing ”The Art Of War”
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Sun Tzu
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