our list of

The Greatest Philosophers

exploring important philosophers

Famous philosophers, both ancient and modern, have developed innovative ideas and produced advances in a wide range of businesses and fields. These fields include politics, arithmetic, literature, arts, and science, over the years. 

#1

Confucius  (551 – 479 BCE)

#2

Socrates (469 – 399 BCE)

#3

Plato  (428–348 BCE)

#4

Aristotle  (384 – 322 BCE)

#5

Dante Alighieri  (1265 – 1321)

#6

Niccolo Machiavelli  (1469 – 1527)

#7

Thomas Hobbes  (1588 – 1679)

#8

René Descartes  (1596 – 1650)

#9

Blaise Pascal  (1623 – 1662)

#10

John Locke  (1632 – 1704)

#11

Gottfried Leibniz  (1646 – 1716)

#12

Voltaire  (1694 – 1778)

#13

David Hume  (1711 – 1776)

#14

Jean-Jacques Rousseau  (1712 – 1778)

#15

Immanuel Kant  (1724 – 1804)

#16

Mary Wollstonecraft  (1759 – 1797)

#17

Auguste Comte  (1798 – 1857)

#18

Ayn Rand  (1905 – 1982)

#19

Simone de Beauvoir  (1908 – 1986)