Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

female, deceased (1975)
Academic, German-American, Binational solution proponents, University of California, Berkeley faculty, Philosophical writer, Wesleyan University faculty…political philosopher, Politicaltheorist, political theory, Political scientist, German-USA political scientist
Hannah Arendt was a German Jewish political theorist. She has often been described as a philosopher, although she always refused that label on the...
John Locke

John Locke

male, deceased (1704)
English, philosopher, political philosophy, Social Contract, rousseau, Tabula Rasa…political philosopher, Politicaltheorist
John Locke was an English philosopher. Locke is considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract...
John Rawls

John Rawls

male, deceased (2002)
Liberalism, A Theory of Justice, justice, American philosopher, philosopher, professor…Politicaltheorist, Political liberalism, political philosophy, political philosopher
John Rawls (February 21, 1921 - November 24, 2002) was an American philosopher, a professor of political philosophy at Harvard University and...
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

male, deceased (1790)
inventor, Founding Father of the United States, Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, lightning rod, electricity, great scientist…Politicaltheorist
Benjamin Franklin (April 17 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist,...
Isaiah Berlin

Isaiah Berlin

male, deceased (1997) (United States)
Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, Old Pauline, Russian, From RIGA, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford…political philosophy, political philosopher, Politicaltheorist
Sir Isaiah Berlin, OM (June 6 1909 – November 5 1997), was a political philosopher and historian of ideas, regarded as one of the leading liberal th...
Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes

male, deceased (1679)
English, Former student of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, philosopher, state of nature, leviathan, Philosophical anthropology…Politicaltheorist, political philosopher, political science, political philosophy
Thomas Hobbes (5 April 1588 - 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher, whose famous 1651 book "Leviathan" established the agenda for nearly all...
John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill

male, deceased (1873)
philosopher, Economic methodology, member of parliament, Parliament of the United Kingdom, American, classical liberalism…Political economy, political economist, Voting theorist, Political writer, political philosopher
John Stuart Mill, (20 May 1806 - 8 May 1873) British philosopher, political economist and Member of Parliament, was an influential liberal thinker...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

male, deceased (1778)
French, philosopher, Autobiographer, Roman Catholic, Alternative education, philosophes…French music theorist, political philosopher, Politicaltheorist, Swiss music theorist
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778) was a Genevan philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French...
Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke

male, deceased (1797)
Whig MP, Politics of Bristol, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain, whig, American, classical liberalism…Politicaltheorist, political classic
Edmund Burke (January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher, who served for many...
Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss

male, deceased (1973)
Marburg-Biedenkopf, Alumni of Freiburg University, Jewish-American, German, University of Chicago faculty, Political scientist…political philosopher, political philosophy, Politicaltheorist
Leo Strauss (September 20, 1899 - October 18, 1973), was a German-born Jewish-American political philosopher who specialized in the study of...