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Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
mathematician, social critic, essayist, logician, epistemologist, philosopher of language, political activist, metaphysician, analytic philosopher, autobiographer, philosopher of science, politician, peace activist, journalist, philosopher
- University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
philosopher, anthropologist, physicist, librarian, pedagogue, mathematician, philosopher of law
- University of Königsberg, Collegium Fridericianum
Anatol Rapoport (1911-2007)
mathematician, psychologist
- University of Chicago
Milton Friedman (1912-2006)
economist, statistician, essayist
- Columbia University, Rutgers University
José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955)
philosopher, pedagogue, sociologist, mathematician, literary critic, opinion journalist, politician, poet, translator, essayist
- Universidad Central, University of Deusto
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
political scientist, mathematician, philosopher, economist, politician, historian, translator, in-home tutor, philosopher of law
- University of Oxford, University of Oxford
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)
mathematician, jurist, physicist, philosopher, diplomat, historian, librarian, musicologist, translator, music theorist, diplomatician, poet, engineer, zoologist, archivist, biologist, geologist, policy advisor, philosopher of law, logician
- University of Altdorf, Leipzig University
Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet (1743-1794)
philosopher, mathematician, economist, politician, political scientist, biographer, sociologist
- University of Paris