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Philosophers of law
- Thomas AquinasIn the year 1244, a young man named Thomas Aquinas sat bound in the stone tower of Monte San Giovanni Campano. He was nineteen years old and dressed in the…
- AristotleAristotle was born in 384 BC in the city of Stagira, located about 55 kilometers east of modern-day Thessaloniki. His father Nicomachus served as the…
- Denis DiderotDenis Diderot was born on the 5th of October 1713 in the city of Langres. His father Didier worked as a cutler and his mother Angélique Vigneron supported…
- Han FeiHan Fei was born into the ruling family of Han during the Warring States period. His aristocratic birth set him apart from other philosophers who rose from…
- MontesquieuCharles Louis de Secondat entered the world on the 18th of January 1689 at the Château de la Brède. This estate sat south of Bordeaux in southwest France.
- Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius was born in Rome on the 26th of April 121. His birth name is sometimes given as Marcus Annius Verus, but sources assign this name to him upon…
- Émile DurkheimDavid Émile Durkheim was born on the 15th of April 1858 in Épinal, Lorraine. He entered a long lineage of devout Alsatian Jews stretching back eight…
- Friedrich HayekFriedrich August von Hayek was born on the 8th of May 1899 in Vienna to a family that valued scholarship. His father worked as a medical doctor for the…
- MenciusMeng Ke arrived in the state of Zou during a time when China was fracturing into warring factions. His father Meng Ji died while the boy was still very…
- ConfuciusConfucius was born on the 28th of September 551 BCE in the town of Zou. This location sits within modern Qufu, Shandong province.
- Bartolomé de las CasasBartolomé de las Casas was born in Seville on the 11th of November 1484. For centuries, scholars believed he arrived a decade earlier than that date.
- Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville entered the world on the 29th of July 1805. He descended from an old Norman family that had produced…