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Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957)
journalist, poet, translator, philosopher, playwright, politician
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Ursulines School of Naxos
Chögyam Trungpa (1939-1987)
philosopher, painter, guru, scholar, professor
- University of Oxford
Hans Jonas (1903-1993)
philosopher, environmentalist
- University of Marburg, Heidelberg University
Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835)
linguist, diplomat, anthropologist, teacher, politician, philosopher, historian, translator
- Alma Mater Viadrina, University of Göttingen
René Guénon (1886-1951)
metaphysician, philosopher, orientalist
- Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour, University of Paris
Walter Block (born 1941)
economist, businessperson, philosopher
- Columbia University, Brooklyn College
Slavoj Žižek (born 1949)
philosopher, psychologist, cultural studies scholar, sociologist, essayist, psychoanalyst, cultural critic, politician, theologian, opinion journalist, actor
- Bežigrad Grammar School, University of Ljubljana
Francis Lieber (1800-1872)
jurist, economist, philosopher, diplomat, historian, gymnast
- University of Jena