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Also Known As Philaretus
Born January 31, 1624 • Antwerp • Spanish Netherlands
Died November 1669 (aged 45) • Leiden • Netherlands
Notable Works “Gnothi Seauton” • “Metaphysica Vera”
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The Greek philosopher Plato
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Immanuel Kant
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German philosopher
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Benedict de Spinoza
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John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill
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Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead
British mathematician and philosopher
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Arthur Schopenhauer
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Judith Jarvis Thomson
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte
German philosopher
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T.H. Green
British educator and philosopher
Henry Sidgwick
Henry Sidgwick
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