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Thinkers

• Aristotle [r]: (384-322 BCE) Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, and one of the most influential figures in the western world between 350 BCE and the sixteenth century. ^[e]
• Augustine of Hippo [r]: (November 13 354–August 28 430) Bishop and Doctor of the Church. ^[e]
• Averroës [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Jeremy Bentham [r]: (1748–1832) British utilitarian political philosopher. ^[e]
• Edmund Burke [r]: (1729–97) British political thinker who opposed the French Revolution and developed a coherent conservative philosophy. ^[e]
• Cicero [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Epicurus [r]: Ancient Greek philosopher who founded epicureanism. ^[e]
• Thomas Hobbes [r]: English political philosopher of the 17th century. ^[e]
• Georg Frederich Wilhelm Hegel [r]: Add brief definition or description
• David Hume [r]: (1711—1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. ^[e]
• Immanuel Kant [r]: (1724–1804) German idealist and Enlightenment philosopher who tried to transcend empiricism and rationalism in the Critique of Pure Reason. ^[e]
• John Locke [r]: (1632–1704) English empiricist philosopher. ^[e]
• Niccolò Machiavelli [r]: (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) Italian philosopher and writer, considered one of the main founders of modern political science. ^[e]
• Thomas Madison [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Karl Marx [r]: 19th century philosopher and economist. Creator of a theoretical foundation for Communism. ^[e]
• John Stuart Mill [r]: Leading 19th-century British philosopher who made major contributions to ethics, economics, and political philosophy. ^[e]
• Thomas Paine [r]: (1737-1809) English writer, intellectual and revolutionary whose works were influential during the Enlightenment in the United States and Europe. ^[e]
• Pericles [r]: (circa 495-429 BCE) Athenian Statesman, General and Admiral. ^[e]
• Plato [r]: (circa 427-347 BCE) Ancient Greek philosopher, whose dialogues, supposedly recording conversations with Socrates, contain many of the debates central to Western philosophy. ^[e]
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau [r]: (1712–1778) French author and philosopher. ^[e]
• Socrates [r]: (ca. 470–399 BCE) Greek philosopher who is credited with laying the foundations of western philosophy; sentenced to death in Athens for heresy. ^[e]
• Voltaire [r]: The pen-name of François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), a French writer and philosopher, who was one of the leading figures of The Enlightenment. ^[e]

Ideologies

• Conservatism [r]: A concept of political theory used as a shortcut to refer to a wide swath of people who allegedly hold similar values. The conservative ideal does not really exist, as no two people would likely define it exactly the same. Generalizations often made about conservatives may include that they wish to limit social change, preserve traditional family values, abhor homosexuality, revere the military and exhibit staunch patriotism for their country, believe in fiscal restraint, decry foreign immigration, and do not wish to fund support for people in need on grounds that they must be lazy. ^[e]
• Fascism [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Liberalism [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Libertarianism [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Nazism [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Socialism [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Social democracy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Fascism [r]: Add brief definition or description