Hans Jonas

Hans Jonas

male, deceased (1993)
Hans Jonas (may 10 1903 - February 5 1993) is a German-born philosopher. He is best known for his influential work "The Imperative of...
Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle

male, deceased (1881)
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era. Coming from a strictly...
Lev Shestov

Lev Shestov

male, deceased (1938)
Lev Isaakovich Shestov, born Yehuda Leyb Schwarzmann ) was a Russian - Jewish existentialist philosopher. Born in Kiev (Russian Empire) on January...
Hazel Barnes

Hazel Barnes

female, 94 years old
Hazel Estella Barnes "(b. 1915)" is an American philosopher, author, and translator. Most well known for her popularization of existentialism in...
Nikolai Berdyaev

Nikolai Berdyaev

male, deceased (1948)
Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev was a Russian religious and political philosopher.
Emil Cioran

Emil Cioran

male, deceased (1995)
Emil Cioran was a Romanian philosopher and essayist.

Eugène Ionesco

male, deceased (1994)
Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu was a French-Romanian playwright and dramatist, one of the foremost playwrights of the "Theatre of the Absurd". B...

José Ortega Y Gasset

male, deceased (1955)
José Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish philosopher.
Irvin D. Yalom

Irvin D. Yalom

male
Irvin David Yalom (* June 13th 1931 in Washington DC), M.D., is an author of fiction and nonfiction, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford...
Erving Goffman

Erving Goffman

male, deceased (1982)
Erving Goffman, was a sociologist and writer. The 73rd president of American Sociological Association, Goffman's greatest contribution to social...