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John Nicholas Gray, Philosopher was born 17 April 1948 (age 68) South Shields, United Kingdom. He is an English political philosopher with interests in analytic…

Joseph Raz, Political Philosopher was born 21 March 1939 (age 77) Mandate Palestine. He is one of the most prominent advocates of legal positivism and…

Michael Joseph Oakeshott, Philosopher and Political Theorist  was born December 11, 1901, Chelsfield, Kent, England. He was an educator whose work belongs to the philosophical…

Learned Hand, Judicial Philosopher was born Jan. 27, 1872, Albany, NewYork, U.S. He was never a justice of the Supreme Court, he is generally considered…

Bernard Williams, Moral Philosopher was born Sept. 21, 1929, Westcliff, Essex, England. Williams was educated at Chigwell School, Essex, and Balliol College, Oxford. During the…

Charles Sanders Peirce, Philosopher, Logician, Mathematician, and Scientist was born Sept. 10, 1839, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. He was noted for his work on the logic…

David Hume, Philosopher, Historian, Economist, and Essayist  was born 7 May NS (26 April OS) 1711 Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain. Hume conceived of philosophy as…

Adam Smith, Moral Philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment was born 16 June 1723 NS (5 June 1723…

Sir Isaiah Berlin, Social and Political Theorist, Philosopher and Historian was born June 6, 1909, Riga, Latvia, (now in Latvia). He is regarded as one…

Edmund Burke, Author, Orator, Political Theorist, and Philosopher was born in 12 January 1729 Dublin, Ireland. He was an British statesman, parliamentary orator and political…

Harold Laski, British Political Theorist, Economist, Author, and Lecturer was born 30 June 1893 Manchester, United Kingdom. He was a prominent member of the British…

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Diplomat, Political Scientist, and Historian was born July 29, 1805, Paris, France. At age 16 Tocqueville entered the College Royal in…