Western Thinkers
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle; Descartes, Kant and Nietzsche; Bertrand Russell: their ideas explained, and their own works to read free.
| Thinker | Tradition | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Socrates | Greek | Ethics, questioning, knowledge |
| Plato | Greek | Reality, knowledge, politics, idealism |
| Aristotle | Greek | Logic, ethics, politics, metaphysics |
| René Descartes | French | Mind, knowledge, rationalism |
| Immanuel Kant | German | Knowledge, ethics, metaphysics |
| Friedrich Nietzsche | German | Morality, values, existential thought |
| Bertrand Russell | British | Logic, analytic philosophy, ethics |
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