Philosophers

Philosophers

Philosophers are people who study philosophy through asking, analysing and attempting to answer philosophical questions.

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Anaximenes

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Anaximenes was a 6th century Greek philosopher, a younger contemporary of Anaximander, who believed that air was the underlying component of everything.

Empedocles

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Empedocles was a Greek philosopher, the first to assert the four elements of the universe were earth, air, fire, and water.

Leucippus

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Leucippus developed the atomist theory, which explained that all matter is made up of indivisible particles.

Parmenides

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Parmenides of Elea in southern Italy was a Greek philosopher and the founder of the Eleatic School.

Gaston Bachelard

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Gaston Bachelard (June 27, 1884 – October 16, 1962) was a French philosopher.

René Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic. He has been dubbed the 'Father of Modern ...