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Also Known As William David Ross
Born April 15, 1877 • Thurso • Scotland
Died May 5, 1971 (aged 94)
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David Hume
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John Stuart Mill
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Henry Sidgwick
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Stephen Edelston Toulmin
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James Frederick Ferrier
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Edward Caird, detail of a portrait by Sir George Reid, 1886; in the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
Edward Caird
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Socrates
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The Greek philosopher Plato
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