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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,...
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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.
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Alfred Bernheim: Hannah Arendt
German-born American philosopher and political scientist Hannah Arendt, photograph...
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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
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