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John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill was a prominent British philosopher known for his advocacy of liberty and his development of utilitaria...

Ethics British Liberty Utilitarianism

9.3 Excellent

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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell was a prominent 20th-century British philosopher known for his contributions to logic, mathematics, and...

Language Logic British Analytic

9.3 Excellent

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Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard was a 19th-century Danish thinker whose work profoundly shaped Western philosophy. He explored themes...

19TH Century Ethics Existentialism Western

9.3 Excellent

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Epicurus

Epicurus was a Hellenistic Greek philosopher known for establishing Epicureanism. He advocated for a life focused on att...

Ethics Ancient Greek Epicureanism

9.2 Excellent

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Mencius

Mencius was a prominent Chinese philosopher living in the 4th century BCE. He significantly contributed to Confucian tho...

Ethics Ancient Chinese Confucianism

9.1 Excellent

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Soren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard was a 19th-century Danish philosopher and theologian known for his explorations of subjective experien...

Danish Ethics Existentialism Religion

9.1 Excellent

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Derek Parfit

Derek Parfit was a prominent British philosopher whose work profoundly impacted discussions of personal identity and mor...

Ethics Identity British Reasons

9.1 Excellent

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Epictetus

Epictetus was a prominent Stoic philosopher born in Hierapolis, Phrygia. He developed his philosophy while enslaved in R...

Ethics Ancient Roman Stoicism

8.9 Great

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Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius was a Roman Emperor (161-180 CE) and a prominent Stoic philosopher. His *Meditations* offers profound in...

Ethics Ancient Roman Stoicism

8.9 Great

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Bernard Williams

Bernard Williams was a prominent British philosopher specializing in ethics and political thought. He is recognized for...

Politics Ethics British Moral Psychology

8.9 Great

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Karl Popper

Karl Popper was a 20th-century Austrian-British philosopher of science who proposed falsifiability as the criterion for...

Science 20TH Century Political Western

8.9 Great

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Xunzi

Xunzi was an influential ancient Chinese philosopher living in the 3rd century BCE. He developed a systematic ethical sy...

Ethics Ancient Chinese Confucianism

8.8 Great

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Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham was a prominent British philosopher of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He developed utilitarianis...

Law Ethics British Utilitarianism

8.6 Great

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Peter Singer

Peter Singer is a prominent Australian philosopher whose work significantly shapes ethical thought. He’s best known for...

Australian Ethics Animals Utilitarianism

8.6 Great

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Elizabeth Anscombe

Elizabeth Anscombe was a prominent British analytic philosopher known for her rigorous approach to philosophical problem...

Action Ethics British Analytic

8.5 Great

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G. E. Moore

G.E. Moore (1873-1958) was a prominent British philosopher known for his defense of intuitive ethical thought. His Princ...

Ethics British Analytic Common Sense

8.2 Great

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Philippa Foot

Philippa Foot was a prominent British philosopher specializing in moral philosophy. Her work significantly advanced virt...

Ethics British Naturalism Virtue

8.1 Great

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Onora O'Neill

Onora O'Neill is a British philosopher whose work focuses on ethics, political philosophy, justice, trust, accountabilit...

Ethics British Justice Kantianism

7.9 Good

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Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was an Irish-born British novelist and philosopher who published 26 novels and several works of...

Literature Ethics British Platonism

7.8 Good

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Harriet Taylor Mill

Harriet Taylor Mill was an English philosopher and women's rights advocate known for her significant intellectual influe...

Ethics Feminism British Liberty

7.1 Good