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Judith Butler (born 1956)
philosopher, sociologist, literary critic, women's rights activist, journalist, art theorist, gender theorist, social scientist
- Yale University
Paul Valéry (1871-1945)
philosopher, poet, journalist, essayist, literary critic
- Lycée Condorcet
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)
poet, philosopher, biographer, professor
- Badminton School, University of Oxford
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
political scientist, mathematician, philosopher, economist, politician, historian, translator, in-home tutor, philosopher of law
- University of Oxford, University of Oxford
Ernst Bloch (1885-1977)
philosopher, theologian
- University of Würzburg, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Erasmus (1466-1536)
translator, philosopher, theologian, essayist, Bible translator, latinist, Latin Catholic priest, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity
- University of Paris, University of Cambridge
Rumi (1207-1273)
poet, 'ālim, literary, philosopher, mystic
Alan Watts (1915-1973)
philosopher, theologian, Anglican priest, dramaturge, musician, videographer
- The King's School Canterbury, St Hugh's School