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Born 1509 • Cosenza • Kingdom of Naples
Died October 1588 (aged 79) • Cosenza • Kingdom of Naples
Notable Works “De natura juxta propria principia”
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Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg
Swedish philosopher
St. Albertus Magnus
St. Albertus Magnus
German theologian, scientist, and philosopher
Aristotle
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
John Locke
John Locke
English philosopher
David Hume
David Hume
Scottish philosopher
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill
British philosopher and economist
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
British logician and philosopher
Helmholtz.
Hermann von Helmholtz
German scientist and philosopher
George Berkeley
George Berkeley
Irish philosopher
A.J. Ayer
A.J. Ayer
British philosopher
Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnap
German-American philosopher
Condillac, engraving by Pierre-Nicolas Ransonnette
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
French philosopher
Ernst Mach
Austrian physicist
Dai Zhen
Chinese philosopher
Moritz Schlick
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Petrus Aureoli
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Johannes Nikolaus Tetens
German mathematician, economist, and philosopher
Nathanael Culverwel
British philosopher
Diogenes Of Apollonia
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