Philosopher

A philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in Philosophy. The word, "philosopher," literally means "lover of wisdom." Greek: "φίλος + σοφία"

Popular Western philosophers in (approximate) historical order

Not listed above: (some of) The Presocratics -- Epicurus place after Aristotle --Hellenistic Philosophers -- Cicero -- Avicenna -- Sir Thomas Browne -- Francis Bacon -- Thomas Reid -- Dugald Stewart -- James Mill -- Rudolf Steiner -- Albert Schweitzer -- G. E. Moore -- Albert Camus -- Georg Henrik von Wright -- Mortimer Adler -- Nelson Goodman -- Imre Lakatos -- Paul Feyerabend -- Mario Bunge -- Douglas Hofstadter -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Eastern philosophers in approximate historical order:

Gautama Buddha -- Confucius -- Mozi -- Lao Zi -- Rhazes -- Mencius -- Zhuang Zi -- Xun Zi --Han Feizi -- Nagarjuna -- Bodhidharma -- Avicenna -- Shankara -- Dogen -- Zhu Xi -- Feng Youlan -- Iqbal -- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Philosophers: listed by philosophical school

See Philosophical Movements. Krishnamoorti

Nicknames of Medieval Philosophers

Several medieval philosophers have been given Latin nicknames -- some by their contemporaries, others by historians. For example:

Francis Mayron - Doctor acutus, the acute doctor, or Doctor illuminatus
St. Thomas Aquinas - Doctor Angelicus, the angelic doctor, or Doctor Communis
William of Ockham - Doctor Invincibilis
Alexander of Hales - Doctor Irrefragibilis
Roger Bacon - Doctor Mirabilis, the wonderful doctor
John Bassol - Doctor Ordinatissimus, the most methodical doctor
Nissim Cahn - Doctor Gaon, the innovative doctor
St. Bonaventure - Doctor Seraphicus
Henry Goethals (Hendricus Bonicollius) - Doctor Solemnis, the solemn doctor
Richard Middleton - the solid doctor, or the profound doctor
Duns Scotus - Doctor Subtilis, the discriminating doctor, or Doctor Marianus
Albertus Magnus - Doctor Universalis
Durandus de Sancto Portiano - the most resolute doctor
Thomas Bradwardine - the profound doctor
Jean Ruysbroeck (Joannes Ruysbrokius) - the divine doctor or ecstatic doctor

See Also the articles at: Philosophy, Eastern philosophy, Epistemology, Ethics, Metaphysics, Aesthetics, Deconstruction, Ontology, Logic, Reason, Mathematicians, Feminism, Scientists, List of philosophers, and a fuller listing at @ Philosophers.

The Philosopher is also the nickname of Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 22.

Pythagoras Index

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