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by Sol Villar 8 years ago

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Enlightment thinkers

The contributions of several key thinkers from different centuries have significantly shaped modern philosophy and political theory. George Hegel, a 19th-century philosopher, introduced the concept of dialectic, emphasizing the importance of learning from opposing ideas and correcting past mistakes.

Enlightment thinkers

Timeline of thinkers

19th century

George Hegel

Late 18th and early 19th century

Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Mary Wollstonecraf
Johann Guttfried Herder
Immanuel Kant

18th century

Thomas Paine
Voltaire
Jean- Jacques Rosseau
Montesquieu

17th century

John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Hugo Grotius

16th century

Jean Bodin
Nocollò Machiavelli