Philosopher Biography

Victor Hugo is one of the best-known French writers, and is part of the greatest literary figures of all time. His poetry made him famous very early, cementing his reputation as one of the greatest lyric poets when he was only 20 years old. He was also a novelist and a dramatist, and furthered the cause of Romanticism, this exalted artistic movement which toyed with Sublime and soared on the winds of emotion.

Filósofo político y revolucionario francés, y, junto con Bakunin y Kropotkin uno de los padres del pensamiento anarquista, es considerado uno de los economistas más notables de todos los tiempos y autor de la primera tendencia económica conocida, el mutualismo.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French politician and philosopher: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Max “Beef” Fisk is a 26-year-old prince in New Orleans, LA. He has many friends, crushes, talents, quirks, and far too much money for a young man so allergic to “maturity”. Our neurotic hero dances through many unanticipated, hilarious episodes. He moves in with 11 roommates from nine different countries and seeks fulfillment in paradise while contemplating the big topics: purpose, love, sexuality, culture, optimism, ego, religion, surfing, and death.

Trois femmes exceptionnelles, Jeanne Guyon, Simone Weil et Etty Hillesum, trois vies marquées par l'expérience mystique. Chacune emprunte le long chemin du délaissement de soi, du dénuement, du renoncement à toute forme de satisfaction, pour parvenir à une parfaite "indifférence", une disposition à ne pas faire de différence, apprendre à tout accueillir avec la même générosité désintéressée, au-delà du bien et du mal.

Ayn Rand is one of the most famous contemporary philosophers, particularly for her landmark books The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. She was the founder of Objectivist Philosophy which was largely rejected during her time but has recently enjoyed a huge surge in popularity among many political groups. Her works focused on free market capitalism and intense individual and property rights. Ironically, the woman who prized individualism above all else, and rejected all government support, rose to prominence and then ended her life surviving off of social programs.

Voltaire, Philosoph, Autor, Schöngeist: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten.

Originally published in 1883 as part of the historian’s larger work Beacon Lights of History, Volume IV: Imperial Antiquity, this book covers the life, the times, and the philosophy of Marcus Aurelius (121-180). The 17th emperor of Rome preserved and protected the Empire, mainly by keeping the Parthians in the East and the Northern barbarians at bay. More sage than soldier, he ruled wisely and set a noble example in a wicked age.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, universal genius and philosopher: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Edith Stein, Jewish woman, Catholic nun, and philosopher: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

John Wycliffe was known as the “Morning Star” of the Reformation. His doctrines of strict adherence to the Bible and his attacks on the wealth and corruption of the Catholic Church would be the spark that would later ignite the fires of the Protestant Reformation.

Paracelsus, natural philosopher and healer: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Fils d'une famille de l'aristocratie athénienne, Platon semblait être destiné à occuper des responsabilités politiques de tout premier ordre. Mais sa rencontre avec Socrate bouleverse ces plans. À la mort du maître, il se consacre, via l'écriture et l'Académie qu'il fonde en 387, à la transmission de la pensée novatrice de Socrate.

Plato, legendary Greek philosopher: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

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Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch philosopher and universal scholar: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Francis Bacon, natural scientist and philosopher: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

René Descartes, French philosopher: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Chrysippos, Greek philosopher and stoic: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Zenon, Greek philosopher and stoic: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.