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13 hours ago · John Locke's portrait by Godfrey Kneller, National Portrait Gallery, London. John Locke (/ l ɒ k /; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism".
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13 hours ago · Philosophy. Philosophy ( φιλοσοφία, 'love of wisdom', in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its own methods and assumptions. Historically, many of the individual ...
13 hours ago · Frederick II ( German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his ...
13 hours ago · Heraclitus ( / ˌhɛrəˈklaɪtəs /; Greek: Ἡράκλειτος Herákleitos; fl.c.500 BC) was an ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from the city of Ephesus, which was then part of the Persian Empire. He exerts a wide influence on ancient and modern Western philosophy, including through the works of Plato, Aristotle, Hegel, and Heidegger.
13 hours ago · In philosopher Étienne Gilson's summary: "the quite precise goal he pursues is to reject Greek philosophy outside of Christianity, into which the Middle Ages introduced Greek philosophy with the risk of corrupting this Christian Wisdom." Useful "philosophy" needed to be limited to (or re-defined as) the practical and moral:
13 hours ago · Juan Domingo Perón ( UK: / pɛˈrɒn /, US: / pɛˈroʊn, pəˈ -, peɪˈ -/ ⓘ, [3] [4] [5] Spanish: [ˈxwan doˈmiŋɡo peˈɾon] ⓘ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine lieutenant general and politician who served as the 35th President of Argentina from 1946 to his overthrow in 1955, and again as the 45th President from ...
13 hours ago · Compare Korean philosophy with both Chinese philosophy as well as Western philosophy. Discuss the key ideas in Korean philosophical debates, such as the concepts of moral emotions and everyday feelings.
