Chronography of Philosophers
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8/10/2004, French philosopher Jacques Derrida died.
6/10/1976, Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher, died aged
76.
2/2/1970. Death of philosopher Bertrand
Russell, aged 97. He
was also a peace campaigner and mathematician.
29/4/1951, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher, died aged 62.
30/3/1925, Rudolf Steiner, Austrian educator who founded the
Anthroposophical Society, died aged 64.
23/11/1919, P F Strawson, English philosopher, was born.
3/2/1909, French philosopher Simone Weil was born.
8/12/1903, Herbert Spencer, British philosopher, died.
5/2/1902, Robert Adamson, Scottish philosopher (born
19/1/1852) died.
25/8/1900. German philosopher,
Friedrich
Nietzsche, died after 12 years of insanity, caused by syphilis, in
the town of Weimar. Some of his books sold fewer than 10 copies during his
lifetime, but in subsequent decades his fame grew posthumously.
8/5/1873, The English economist and philosopher John Stuart
Mill died.
18/5/1872. Bertrand Russell, philosopher,
mathematician, nuclear disarmer, and Nobel Prize winner for literature, was
born at Ravenscroft, near Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales.
5/9/1857, Auguste Comte, French philosopher
and sociologist, founder of Positivism,
died.
19/1/1852, Robert Adamson, Scottish
philosopher (died 5/2/1902) was born.
15/10/1844, Friedrich
Wilhelm Neitzsche, German philosopher, was
born.
6/6/1832, Jeremy Bentham
died.
14/11/1831, Georg
Hegel, philosopher, died (born 27/8/1770)
4/9/1818, Richard
Congreve, English Positivist, was born (died 5/7/1899).
5/5/1813, Soren
Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, was born (died 11/11/1855).
20/5/1806, John Stuart Mill, English
philosopher and economist, was born.
12/2/1804, Immanuel Kant, German philosopher,
died in Konigsberg.
4/2/1802, Mark Hopkins, US philosopher, was born in
Stocknbridge, Massachusetts.
19/1/1798, Auguste Comte, French philosopher
and founder of modern sociology, was born in Montpellier.
30/5/1778. The writer and philosopher Voltaire died aged
84. His real name was Francois Marie
Arouet.
2/7/1778. Jean Jacques Rousseau, the French political philosopher born in Geneva on 28/6/1712, died insane in
Ermenonville.
27/8/1770, Georg Hegel, philosopher, was born (died
14/11/1831)
15/2/1748, Jeremy Bentham was born. He developed the philosophical doctrine of Utilitarianism.
22/4/1724, Immanuel Kant, German philosopher,
was born in Konigsberg, East Prussia, the son of a saddler.
28/6/1712, Jean Jacques Rousseau,
French writer and philosopher, was born
in Geneva.
28/10/1704, John Locke, English philosopher, died.
21/11/1694, Voltaire, French philosopher
and writer, was born in Paris as Jean Francois-Marie Arouet. (died
1778). 19/8/1662, Blaise Pascal, French philosopher
and mathematician, inventor of the first
digital calculator, died in Paris.
11/2/1650. Death of Rene Descartes (born 31/3/1596), founder of French
philosophy.
29/8/1632, John Locke, philosopher,
was born.
31/3/1596, Rene Descartes, French philosopher,
was born.
5/4/1588, Thomas Hobbes, philosopher,
was born.
12/7/1536, Desiderus Erasmus, Renaissance philosopher, died.
271 BCE, Epicurus (born 340 BCE)
died.
322.BCE.
Death of Aristotle,
born 384 BC, after a stomach illness.
335 BCE, Aristotle returned to Athens
and founded the Peripatetic school
of philosophy.
336 BCE, Zeno of Citium, founder of
the Stoics, was born.
349 BCE Plato died.
380 BCE, Plato wrote The Republic.
384 BCE, Aristotle was born.
15/2/399 BCE, Socrates
(born 470 BCE) was sentenced to death for impiety and corruption of youths. He
was give the option of fleeing into exile but chose to drink hemlock instead
and die.
407 � 399 BCE, Plato was the pupil of Socrates.
428 BCE, Plato
was born.
4/6/470 BCE, Socrates, Greek philosopher, was
born.
582 or 580 BCE,
Pythagoras
was born.