John Locke

John Locke

male, deceased (1704)
English, philosopher, political philosophy, Social Contract, rousseau, Tabula Rasa…enlightenment, political philosopher, Philosopher of language, Enlightenmentphilosopher, Scottish Enlightenment
John Locke was an English philosopher. Locke is considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract...
Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant

male, deceased (1804)
philosopher, German native of East Prussia, Kantianism, Deontological ethics, classical liberalism, age of enlightenment…German-language philosopher, enlightenment, Enlightenmentphilosopher, Philosopher of law, Kantian philosopher
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg in East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He is regarded as one of the most influential t...
David Hume

David Hume

male, deceased (1776)
philosopher, historian, Skepticism, Scottish, The History of England, Essayist…Scottish Enlightenment, Enlightenmentphilosopher, Early modern philosopher
David Hume (April 26, 1711 - August 25, 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. He is considered one of the most important...
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

male, deceased (1826)
President of the United States, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, american revolution, Founding Father of the United States, American, architect…enlightenment, age of enlightenment, Enlightenmentphilosopher
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and on...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

male, deceased (1778)
French, philosopher, Autobiographer, Roman Catholic, Alternative education, philosophes…the age of enlightenment, enlightenment, Enlightenmentphilosopher, political philosopher, Early modern philosopher
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778) was a Genevan philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French...
Adam Smith

Adam Smith

male, deceased (1790)
The Wealth of Nations, free markets, economics, Classical economist, Economist, philosopher…Enlightenmentphilosopher, Moral philosopher, Scottish Enlightenment
Adam Smith FRSE (baptised June 5 1723 O.S. / June 16 N.S. - July 17, 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneering political economist....
Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot

male, deceased (1784) (NANTES, France)
Art critic, Jacques le fataliste et son maître, Enlightenmentphilosopher, French, Encyclopedist, Death from emphysema…philosopher, the age of enlightenment, enlightenment
Denis Diderot was a French philosopher and writer. He was a prominent figure in the Enlightenment, and editor-in-chief of the famous...
Marquis de Condorcet

Marquis de Condorcet

male, deceased (1794)
Deputy to the French National Convention, Voting theorist, Sociologist, Political scientist, Enlightenmentphilosopher, Member of the Académie française…philosopher, age of enlightenment
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, marquis de Condorcet was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist who devised the...
Moses Mendelssohn

Moses Mendelssohn

male, deceased (1786)
Jewish, maimonides, Philosopher of Judaism, Enlightenmentphilosopher, German, moses maimonides…philosopher, German-language philosopher
Moses Mendelssohn (September 6, 1729 - January 4, 1786) was a German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas the renaissance of European Jews, Haskalah,...
George Berkeley

George Berkeley

male, deceased (1753)
Anglican bishop of Cloyne, objects, sense, Irish spiritual writer, from County Kilkenny, University of California, Berkeley…Enlightenmentphilosopher, philosopher, Early modern philosopher, Irish natural philosopher
George Berkeley (12 March 1685 - 14 January 1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, was an influential Irish philosopher whose primary philosophical...