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Born	March 26, 1659 • England
Died	October 29, 1724 (aged 65) • London • England

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British philosopher

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Greek philosopher

Plato

Greek philosopher

Noam Chomsky

American linguist

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

German philosopher

René Descartes

French mathematician and philosopher

Benedict de Spinoza

Dutch-Jewish philosopher

Søren Kierkegaard

Danish philosopher

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

German philosopher and mathematician

Ernest Renan

French scholar

Eduard von Hartmann

German philosopher

David Friedrich Strauss

German philosopher

Uriel Acosta

Jewish philosopher

Christian, baron von Wolff

German philosopher

Wang Chong

Chinese philosopher

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British philosopher

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Scottish philosopher

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