Giants of Philosophy (full version)

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PLATO (ca. 430-350 B.C.) Greece - Plato, the first great philosopher of the West, thought that existing things are modeled on changeless, eternal forms.

ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.) Greece - Aristotle was the first to systematically describe physics, biology, psychology, and the standards of literature.

ST. AUGUSTINE (354-430 A.D.) Rome - St. Augustine, the first great systematic Christian philosopher, believed Christ provided the light of knowledge to the mind.

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS (1224-1274) Italy - His most famous work, the SUMMA THEOLOGICA, offered proofs of the existence of God and outlined the way to blessedness.

BARUCH SPINOZA (1632-1677) The Netherlands - Spinoza took the view that God, an infinite being, is identical with the world. Therefore, we are all part of the Diety.

DAVID HUME (1711-1776) Scotland - Hume thought the entire world is constituted from the perceptions of our sense-experience. He doubted we could know anything with certainty.

IMMANUEL KANT (1724-1804) Germany - Kant believed the faculty of human reason creates a world where all events are causally connected and enables us to act morally.

GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL (1770-1831) Germany - Hegel aimed to make philosophy a comprehensive science and to restate the truth of Christianity.

ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860) Germany - Schopenhauer, a true pessimist, believed life is evil to the core, and pain and suffering are unavoidable.

SOREN KIERKEGAARD (1813-1855) Denmark - A deeply religious thinker, he believed God's existence cannot be proved, but only a religious leap of faith can make our own lives bearable and meaningful.

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (1844-1900) Germany - Nietzsche boldly announced that God is dead. He believed creative humans can use their own strength and intelligence to give life meaning.

JOHN DEWEY (1859-1952) The United States - Dewey, a pragmatist, viewed democracy as a way of life -- best promoted by a rational and effective educational system. His educational theories were greatly influencial, yet widely criticized.

JEAN-PAUL SARTRE (1905-1980) France - Sartre was a leading advocate of existentialism - the view that we must establish our own dignity, despite a meaningless life.

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