Socrates (470 BC – 399 BC) was a Greek philosopher who lived in Athens. He is called the “father of Western philosophy” by many and remains a mystery to historians as he is known only through the accounts of his followers and students – Read More…
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) was one of the “Founding Fathers” of the United States, and one of the country’s earliest politicians. Franklin was a leading author and printer, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor – Read More…
Confucius
Confucius (551 BC – 478 BC) was an important Chinese philosopher and educator whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese and Vietnamese thought and life. – Read More…
Plato
Plato (428 BC – 348 BC), was a Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the western world. – Read More…
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. He is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically the relationship between mass and he published – Read More…
Aristotle
Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. Together with Plato and Socrates (Plato’s teacher), Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures – Read More…
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton, (1643 – 1727 was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, alchemist, and theologian and one of the most influential men in human history – Read More…
L. Ron Hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard (1911 – 1986) was an American writer and philosopher who wrote one of the most popular self-help books of all time, Dianetics. In the 1920s, his concern for education began when he realized the – Read More…
Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC) was a Roman philosopher, lawyer, political theorist and constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome’s greatest speakers and – Read More…
Antisthenes
Antisthenes (445 BC – 365 BC), was a Greek philosopher and a pupil of Socrates. He was a man known for his considerable powers of wit and it was said that his works filled ten volumes – Read More…
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (1883 – 1924) was one of the major fiction writers of the 20th century. He was born to a middle-class German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, Austria-Hungary – Read More…
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) was a Polish novelist, writing in English, while living in England. Many critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in the English – Read More…