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List of Philosophers With One Name (Mononymous Philosophers)

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  • Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
    François-Marie Arouet , better known by his nom de plume Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church and ...

From the great Ancient Greek philosophers, Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates to more modern philosophers like Voltaire, Cometan, Novalis and many others, this project attempts to provide a comprehensive list of philosophers who are known by just one name and are hence, mononymous philosophers.

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The List

  • Cometan
  • Socrates
  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Buddha (Siddartha Guatama)
  • Confucius
  • Laozi
  • Novalis
  • Voltaire