Philosopher

A philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. The word, "philosopher," literally means "lover of wisdom."

Popular Western philosophers in (approximate) historical order

This article is part of the Influential Western Philosophers series

This article is part of The Contemporary Philosophers series

Analytic philosophers:

Continental philosophers:

Not listed above: (some of) The Presocratics -- Epicurus place after Aristotle --Hellenistic Philosophers -- Cicero -- Avicenna -- Sir Thomas Browne -- Francis Bacon -- Thomas Reid -- Dugald Stewart -- James Mill -- Rudolf Steiner -- Albert Schweitzer -- G. E. Moore -- Albert Camus -- Georg Henrik von Wright -- Mortimer Adler -- Nelson Goodman -- Imre Lakatos -- Ayn Rand -- Paul Feyerabend -- Mario Bunge -- Douglas Hofstadter -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Eastern philosophers in approximate historical order:

Gautama Buddha -- Confucius -- Lao Zi -- Rhazes -- Mencius -- Zhuang Zi -- Xun Zi -- Nagarjuna -- Bodhidharma -- Shankara -- Dogen -- Zhu Xi -- Feng Youlan -- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Philosophers: listed by philosophical school

See Philosophical Movements.

Nicknames of Medieval Philosophers

Several medieval philosophers have been given Latin nicknames by historians. For example:

Francis Mayron - Doctor acutus, the acute doctor, or Doctor illuminatus
St. Thomas Aquinas - Doctor Angelicus, the angelic doctor, or Doctor Communis
William of Ockham - Doctor Invincibilis
Alexander of Hales - Doctor Irrefragibilis
Roger Bacon - Doctor Mirabilis, the wonderful doctor
John Bassol - Doctor Ordinatissimus, the most methodical doctor
St. Bonaventure - Doctor Seraphicus
Henry Goethals (Hendricus Bonicollius) - Doctor Solemnis, the solemn doctor
Richard Middleton - the solid doctor, or the profound doctor
Duns Scotus - Doctor Subtilis, the discriminating doctor, or Doctor Marianus
Albertus Magnus - Doctor Universalis
Durandus de Sancto Portiano - the most resolute doctor
Thomas Bradwardine - the profound doctor
Jean Ruysbroeck (Joannes Ruysbrokius) - the divine doctor

See Also the articles at: Philosophy, Eastern philosophy, Epistemology, Ethics, Metaphysics, Aesthetics, Ontology, Logic, Reason, Mathematicians, Scientists, List of philosophers, and a fuller listing at Category:Philosophers.

The Philosopher is also the nickname of Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 22.

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