Curated category
Pantheists
- Albert EinsteinOn the 14th of March 1879, Albert Einstein was born in Ulm within the Kingdom of Württemberg. His parents were Hermann Einstein and Pauline Koch.
- Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on the 28th of August 1749 in a large house on Großer Hirschgraben in Frankfurt. His father, Johann Caspar Goethe, had…
- Thomas HardyThomas Hardy was born on the 2nd of June 1840 in Higher Bockhampton, a small hamlet east of Dorchester. His father worked as a stonemason and local builder…
- Carl JungCarl Gustav Jung was born on the 26th of July 1875 in Kesswil, a small village in the Swiss canton of Thurgau. He entered the world as the first surviving…
- Baruch SpinozaOn the 24th of November 1632, a boy named Baruch Espinoza was born into a house on the Houtgracht canal. This street sat on an artificial island called the…
- Carl SaganCarl Edward Sagan was born on the 9th of November 1934 in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn. His father Samuel worked as a garment worker who had…
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born on the 27th of August 1770 in Stuttgart, the capital of the Duchy of Württemberg.
- David Ben-GurionDavid Grün was born on the 16th of October 1886 in Płońsk, a town within Congress Poland. His father Avigdor Grün worked as a secret adviser navigating…
- Helena BlavatskyHelena Petrovna Blavatsky was born on the 12th of August 1831 in Yekaterinoslav, a town within the Russian Empire that is now known as Dnipro.
- Hermann WeylHermann Klaus Hugo Weyl entered the world on the 9th of November 1885 in Elmshorn. This small town sat near Hamburg within Germany.
- Yukio MishimaOn the 14th of January 1925, Kimitake Hiraoka entered the world in Nagazumi-cho, Yotsuya-ku of Tokyo City. His early years were defined by a rented house…
- Adi ShankaraReliable information on Adi Shankara's actual life is scant, and the historical influence of his works on Hindu intellectual thought has been questioned.
- Nicholas of CusaNicholas of Cusa was born in the town of Kues, located in southwestern Germany. His father Johan Krebs worked as a prosperous boat owner and ferryman on the…
- Alan WattsAlan Wilson Watts was born on the 6th of January 1915 in Chislehurst, Kent. He lived at Rowan Tree Cottage on Holbrook Lane with his middle-class parents.