1. Aristotle
Stagira , Greece
Aristotle philosophy is this world is our world. He made pioneering contributions to all fields of philosophy and science.
2. Lao-Tzu
Chinese philosopher
Philosophy - Care about what other people think then you will always be their prisoner. Silence is the source of great strength. The best fighter never angry.
3. Socrates, father of philosophy
Alopece, Athens, Greece
Philosophy - The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing. The highest form of human excellence is to question one self and others. The secret of change is to focus all your energy not fighting the old but building the new.
4. John Locke , father of liberalism
Wrington , UK
Philosophy - All persons are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property and that rulers who fail to protect those rights may be removed by the people, by force if necessary.
5. Karl Marx , father of communism
Trier, Germany
Philosophy - Marxism is a broad philosophy developed by Karl Marx. Marxism is mainly concerned with the battle between the working class and the ownership class and favors communism and socialism over capitalism.
6. Confucius
Chinese philosopher
Philosophy - Confucianism , it focuses on the relationship between humanity and heaven. The principle or way of Heaven is the order of the world and the source of divine authority.
7. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Massachusetts, US
Emerson's emphasis on self-reliance and nonconformity, his championing of an authentic American literature, his insistence on each individual's original relation to God, and finally his relentless optimism, that “life is a boundless privilege,” remain his chief legacies.
8. Immanuel Kant
Germany
Philosophy - His moral philosophy is a philosophy of freedom. Without human freedom, thought Kant, moral appraisal and moral responsibility would be impossible.
9. Epicurus
Samos , Greece
Philosophy - Epicurus taught that the basic constituents of the world are atoms, uncuttable bits of matter, flying through empty space, and he tried to explain all natural phenomena in atomic terms.
10. Friedrich Nietzsche
Lützen, Germany
His philosophy is mainly referred to as “existentialism”, a famous twentieth century philosophy focusing on peoples existential situation. In his works, Nietzsche questioned the basis of good and evil. He believed that heaven was an unreal place or “the world of ideas.
