Socrates
Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known only through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon.
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René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Dubbed the father of modern Western philosophy, much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day.
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Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy.
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Simone de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist. Though she is regarded as a major figure in feminism and existentialism, she did not consider herself a philosopher.
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