Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss

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

Karl Heinrich Marx

male, deceased (1883) (london)
Communist Manifesto, philosophy, communist, revolutionary, philosopher, politicalphilosopher…Social philosopher, Political economy, political economist, much more than a political philosopher, greatest thinker and philosopher of his time
There are few economists who have become both so reviled, and admired as Marx. Indeed some would even question whether Marx deserves to be called...
John Locke

John Locke

male, deceased (1704)
English, philosopher, political philosophy, Social Contract, rousseau, Tabula Rasa…politicalphilosopher, Philosopher of language, Enlightenment philosopher, Political theorist, Early modern philosopher
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…Political theorist, greatest philosopher of all time, Kantian philosopher, 20th century philosopher, Political liberalism
John Rawls (February 21, 1921 - November 24, 2002) was an American philosopher, a professor of political philosophy at Harvard University and...
Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes

male, deceased (1679)
English, Former student of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, philosopher, state of nature, leviathan, Philosophical anthropology…Early modern philosopher, Philosopher of law, Political theorist, politicalphilosopher, political science
Thomas Hobbes (5 April 1588 - 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher, whose famous 1651 book "Leviathan" established the agenda for nearly all...
Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

female, deceased (1975)
Academic, German-American, Binational solution proponents, University of California, Berkeley faculty, Philosophical writer, Wesleyan University faculty…politicalphilosopher, philosopher, Continental philosopher, Political theorist, political theory
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 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, Philosopher of language, Political writer, politicalphilosopher
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…Enlightenment philosopher, politicalphilosopher, Political theorist, 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...
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, politicalphilosopher, philosopher, Political theorist
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...
Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand

female, deceased (1982)
atlas shrugged, objectivist, philosopher, novelist, the fountainhead, writer…Moral philosopher, politicalphilosopher, Political theorist
Ayn Rand (March 6 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher, best known for creating a...