Socrates
470—399 BCE"The unexamined life is not worth living"
Pioneer of moral philosophy and the Socratic method of inquiry through dialogue.
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Plato
428—348 BCE"Reality is created by the mind"
Student of Socrates, founder of the Academy, explorer of the realm of Forms.
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Aristotle
384—322 BCE"Excellence is not an act, but a habit"
Father of logic and systematic philosophy, tutor to Alexander the Great.
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Immanuel Kant
1724—1804"Act only according to that maxim"
Revolutionary thinker who bridged rationalism and empiricism.
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René Descartes
1596—1650"I think, therefore I am"
Father of modern philosophy and methodical skepticism.
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Gottfried Leibniz
1646—1716"The best of all possible worlds"
Polymath who developed calculus and conceived of possible worlds.
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Alan Turing
1912—1954"Can machines think?"
Computing pioneer who laid foundations for artificial intelligence.
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