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Also Known As William David Ross
Born April 15, 1877 • Thurso • Scotland
Died May 5, 1971 (aged 94)
Subjects Of Study Aristotelianism
Alasdair MacIntyre
Alasdair MacIntyre
Scottish-born philosopher
Aristotle
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Scottish philosopher
David Hume
David Hume
Scottish philosopher
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill
British philosopher and economist
Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams
English philosopher
Derek Parfit
British philosopher
Bernard Bosanquet
British philosopher
Henry Sidgwick
Henry Sidgwick
British philosopher
G.E. Moore
G. E. Moore
British philosopher
Hutcheson, oil painting by Allan Ramsay, c. 1740; in the University of Glasgow collection
Francis Hutcheson
Scotch-Irish philosopher
Bernard de Mandeville
British writer
Samuel Alexander, chalk drawing by Francis Dodd, 1932; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Samuel Alexander
British philosopher
Stephen Edelston Toulmin
British philosopher
Bain, detail of an oil painting by Sir George Reid; in the collection of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Alexander Bain
Scottish philosopher
James Frederick Ferrier
Scottish philosopher
Dugald Stewart, detail of a portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Dugald Stewart
British philosopher
Edward Caird, detail of a portrait by Sir George Reid, 1886; in the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
Edward Caird
British philosopher
Socrates
Socrates
Greek philosopher
Plato
Plato
Greek philosopher

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