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Category List: Philosophers

1.	Avicenna, author of the Book of Healing. Click here to read about Avicenna
2.	Bentham picked up Joseph Priestey's sentiment "The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest Number", and turned it into Utilitarianism - a new form of Philosophy. He also studied the legal system, combining this with his interests as a moral philosopher, writing the great "Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation". Click here to read about Jeremy Bentham
3.	A man who contributed greatly to the field of medicine during the decline and fall of the Roman empire, Galen. Click here to read about Galen
4.	American Philosopher and Pscyhologist William James. Click here to read about William James
5.	Check out Immanuel Kant. Had a few things to say on the issue of morality. Click here to read about Immanuel Kant
6.	Kazantzakis is best known for his novels, but also contributed massively to Greek literature and philosophy, and wrote a 33,333 line poem. He also translated other classics into modern Greek. Click here to read about Nikos Kazantzakis
7.	One of many to lose his head in the French Revolution, this is the story of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, who is credited with advocating metric measurements, and was arguably the father of modern chemistry. Click here to read about Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
8.	Take a look at Moses Mendelssohn, a gracious scholar. Click here to read about Moses Mendelssohn
9.	The founder of "pragmatism" and a leading figure in the development of the field of "semiotics", C.S. Peirce. Click here to read about C.S. Peirce
10.	A philosopher and economist, Murray Rothbard was also one of the founders of the US Libertarian Party, and someone who concluded after a lifetime's study what we all knew all along - that people would get along just fine if it weren't for all that damnable Government interference. Click here to read about Murray Rothbard
11.	A Spanish-American philosopher, George Santayana is most commonly remembered today for his having written, "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Click here to read about George Santayana
12.	Teilhard was a noted scientist, and philosopher. His superiors wouldn't publish his writings, but friends did, and they became a focus for the world's intelligentsia. Click here to read about Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
13.	This man, through his collected writings on art, science, psychotherapy, religion, medicine and politics, tried to collect a unifying identity of human existence. Whether he succeeded or not is a matter for continuing debate. Click here to read about Paul Tillich
14.	Miguel de Unamuno was a philospher and educator in the early 20th Century. His writings were often as difficult to classify as the beliefs that underpinned them. The fact that he was pre-eminent during one of Spain's most turbulent historical times merely muddies the water further. Click here to read about Miguel de Unamuno
15.	A man who has for four centuries enjoyed the esteem of the most outstanding minds, Spanish Philosopher and author Juan Luis Vives. Click here to read about Juan Vives
16.	A woman who, in 34 short years, established herself as a revolutionary reformer, the philosoper, educator, political theorist and spiritual mystic, France's Simone Weil. Click here to read about Simone Weil