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David Hume
Scottish philosopher David Hume, oil on canvas by Allan Ramsay, 1766; in the Scottish...
Fine Art Images—Heritage Images/age fotostock
Socrates
Socrates, Roman fresco, 1st century bce; in the...
G. Dagli Orti—DeAgostini/Getty Images
Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero, detail of a marble bust; in the Capitoline Museums, Rome.
© AISA—Everett/Shutterstock.com
William of Ockham
The late Scholastic philosopher and theologian William of Ockham.
INTERFOTO/Alamy
Hans Holbein the Younger: Erasmus
Erasmus, oil on panel by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1523–24; in the Louvre,...
Universal History Archive—Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, engraving by an unknown artist, 1527.
Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte, Berlin
Huet, Pierre-Daniel
Pierre-Daniel Huet, engraving (1686) by Gerard Edelinck after a painting by Nicolas...
Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (RP-P-BI-7523)
George Berkeley
George Berkeley, detail of an oil painting by John Smibert, c. 1732; in the National...
Courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London
Christian Kierkegaard: Søren Kierkegaard
Danish philosopher, theologian, and cultural critic Soren Kierkegaard, drawing by...
The Royal Library, Copenhagen, National Collections Department, Prints and Photographs (ke007091)
Albert Camus
The French philosopher and writer Albert Camus.
New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Negative no. LC-USZ62-108028)
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell, 1960.
Courtesy of the British Broadcasting Corporation, London
Jacques Derrida
French philosopher of deconstruction Jacques Derrida, 1994.
Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo/Alamy
A.J. Ayer
British philosopher and educator A.J. Ayer, late 1980s.
Geoff A Howard/Alamy