Edward Westermarck

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Also Known As	Edward Alexander Westermarck
Born	November 20, 1862 • Helsinki • Finland
Died	September 3, 1939 (aged 76) • Finland
Subjects Of Study	ethical relativism • marriage • morality • primitive culture

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Scottish-born philosopher

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Socrates

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Plato

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St. Augustine

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Immanuel Kant

German philosopher

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

German philosopher

Benedict de Spinoza

Dutch-Jewish philosopher

Adam Smith

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David Hume

Scottish philosopher

John Stuart Mill

British philosopher and economist

Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher

Giambattista Vico

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Herbert Spencer

British philosopher

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Henri Bergson

French philosopher

Auguste Comte

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Bernard Williams

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