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Philosophers

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Norbert Elias (1897 - 1990)
Elias was born on 22 June 1897 in Breslau (today: Wrocław) in Prussia's Silesia Province to Hermann and Sophie Gallewski. His father was a businessman in the textile industry. After passing the abitur ...
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
Percy Bysshe Shelley ( 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets and is critically regarded among the finest lyric poets in the English language. Shelley was famous for h...
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll (USA) ("The Great Agnostic") (1833 - 1899)
Robert Green "Bob" Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899) was a Civil War veteran, American political leader, and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his broad range of cultur...
William Godwin (1756 - 1836)
William Godwin (3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was a British journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and the first modern proponen...
Dr. Phil. Ing. Otto Immanuel Bryk (1874 - 1930)
Leavings of the Jewish Community of Vienna between 1868 and 1914 Last Name Bryk Dr.phil. First Name Otto Date of Birth 1874.04.20 Birth Place Wien E7181 Profession Redakteur Leaving 1901 Age 29 Marit...

People doing philosophy (in a wide sense) from antiquity to recent times and across cultures.