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Laozi

Laozi, also known as Lao Tzu, was an ancient Chinese philosopher and attributed author of the Daodejing. This seminal te...

Ancient Chinese Metaphysics Daoism

9.8 Brilliant

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Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas was a 13th-century Catholic priest and philosopher. He developed a comprehensive system of thought integr...

Medieval Metaphysics Christian Scholasticism

9.6 Brilliant

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David Hume

David Hume was a significant Scottish philosopher of the early-modern period. His work, particularly the *Treatise of Hu...

Empiricism Scottish Early Modern Skepticism

9.6 Brilliant

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René Descartes

René Descartes was a prominent 17th-century philosopher instrumental in shaping Western thought. His work, particularly...

Western Metaphysics Epistemology Early Modern

9.6 Brilliant

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a prominent 19th-century German philosopher known for his complex system of thought. H...

19TH Century Western Metaphysics Dialectic

9.5 Brilliant

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Plotinus

Plotinus was a Greco-Roman philosopher born in Egypt around 204 CE. He established Neoplatonism, a complex system explor...

Ancient Roman Metaphysics Neoplatonism

9.4 Excellent

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Adi Shankara

Adi Shankara was a prominent Indian philosopher active during the medieval period. He significantly shaped Vedanta philo...

Indian Medieval Vedanta Metaphysics

9.4 Excellent

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Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza was a prominent 17th-century Dutch philosopher known for his radical ideas. His *Ethics* presented a syst...

Dutch Metaphysics Early Modern Rationalism

9.4 Excellent

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John Locke

John Locke was an influential English philosopher of the early modern period. He developed empiricism, the idea that kno...

Empiricism Politics English Early Modern

9.4 Excellent

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Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes was an influential English philosopher of the early modern period. His work, particularly *Leviathan*, pre...

Politics English Early Modern Materialism

9.3 Excellent

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Gilles Deleuze

Gilles Deleuze was a prominent French philosopher known for his explorations of difference, becoming a significant figur...

French Metaphysics Continental Difference

9.1 Excellent

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Shankara

Shankara, also known as Adi Shankaracharya, was an Indian philosopher and theologian associated with Advaita Vedanta. He...

Indian Medieval Vedanta Metaphysics

9.1 Excellent

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Zhu Xi

Zhu Xi (1130-1200) was a prominent Chinese philosopher during the Song dynasty. He significantly shaped Neo-Confucianism...

Medieval Chinese Metaphysics Confucianism

9.0 Excellent

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Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer was a prominent German philosopher known for his complex theories concerning the human condition. Hi...

German Will Metaphysics Pessimism

9.0 Excellent

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David Lewis

David Lewis was an American philosopher specializing in metaphysics and analytic philosophy. He is particularly known fo...

American Metaphysics Analytic Modality

9.0 Excellent

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Jacques Derrida

Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was a prominent French philosopher who developed the theory of deconstruction. His work chal...

Language French Metaphysics Deconstruction

9.0 Excellent

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Mulla Sadra

Mulla Sadra (1635-1692) was a prominent Persian philosopher and theologian. He developed Transcendent Theosophy, a compl...

Islamic Metaphysics Persian Early Modern

8.5 Great

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Nicolas Malebranche

Nicolas Malebranche was a 17th-century French philosopher and Catholic priest of the Oratorian order who sought to recon...

French Metaphysics Early Modern Occasionalism

7.9 Good

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Margaret Cavendish

Margaret Cavendish was a 17th-century English philosopher, poet, playwright, and prose writer who published extensively...

Feminism English Early Modern Naturalism

7.0 Good

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Mary Astell

Mary Astell was an English philosopher and writer whose works addressed women's education, marriage, religion, and the h...

Ethics Feminism English Early Modern

7.0 Good