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Examine what is known about the ancient Athenian philosopher Socrates from Plato's dialogues and other sources
Philosopher and educator Mortimer J. Adler discussing Socrates as a man, a teacher,...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Raphael: School of Athens
Plato (center left) and Aristotle surrounded by philosophers, detail from School...
Erich Lessing/Art Resource, New York
Confucius
Confucius, illustration in E.T.C. Werner's Myths and Legends of China, 1922.
© Historica Graphica Collection—Heritage Images/Getty Images
René Descartes
Portrait of the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes, oil on oak by...
Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark); www.smk.dk (Public domain)
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, engraving by Lazarus Gottlieb Sichling...
Courtesy Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, Portrait Collection 21/32
Pythagoras
Ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, and vegetarian advocate Pythagoras.
© PHAS—Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Alfred Bernheim: Hannah Arendt
German-born American philosopher and political scientist Hannah Arendt, photograph...
© Bettmann/Getty Images
Allan Ramsay: David Hume
Scottish philosopher David Hume, oil painting by Allan Ramsay, 1766; in the Scottish...
Courtesy of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh. Bequeathed by Mrs. Macdonald Hume to the National Gallery of Scotland and transferred
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher and writer Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Friedrich Schelling.