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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
Félix Guattari (1930-1992)
psychiatrist, philosopher, psychoanalyst, psychologist, Marxist
Charles Taylor (born 1931)
philosopher, sociologist, political scientist
- McGill University, University of Oxford
Simone Weil (1909-1943)
philosopher, high school teacher, autobiographer, poet, trade unionist, French resistance fighter, diarist, translator
- Lycée Henri-IV, École Normale Supérieure
Martin Buber (1878-1965)
philosopher, existentialist, translator, pedagogue, literary editor, Bible translator, educator, zionist, theologian, librettist
- University of Vienna, Humboldt University of Berlin
Julián Marías (1914-2005)
philosopher, essayist, politician, sociologist
- Complutense University of Madrid
Karel Čapek (1890-1938)
translator, director, photographer, playwright, journalist, philosopher, painter, literary critic, essayist, poet
- Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Humboldt University of Berlin
D. A. Carson (born 1946)
theologian, philosopher, missionary
- McGill University, Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College