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Born August 30, 1627 • Kyōto • Japan
Died April 4, 1705 (aged 77) • Kyōto • Japan
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Chinese philosopher
Confucius
Confucius
Chinese philosopher
Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead
British mathematician and philosopher
Xunzi
Xunzi
Chinese philosopher
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon
English philosopher and educational reformer
Bosio, Jean-Baptiste-François: Portrait of Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
French philosopher and humanist
Chu Hsi, ink on paper, by an unknown artist; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Zhu Xi
Chinese philosopher
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Laozi
Chinese Daoist philosopher
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Mozi
Chinese philosopher
Mencius
Mencius
Chinese philosopher
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Wang Yangming
Chinese philosopher
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Han Feizi
Chinese philosopher
Zhuang Zhou
Zhuang Zhou
Chinese Daoist philosopher
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Ivan Illich
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
German language scholar
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Dong Zhongshu
Chinese scholar
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Zhou Dunyi
Chinese philosopher
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Yan Yuan
Chinese philosopher
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Liang Shuming
Chinese philosopher
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Shao Yong
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