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Henry More FRS (/ˈmɔːr/; 12 October 1614 – 1 September 1687) was an English philosopher of the Cambridge Platonist school. Henry was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire on 12 October 1614.[1] He was the seventh son of Alexander More, mayor of Grantham, and Anne More (née Lacy).[1] Both his parents were Calvinists but he himself "could never swallow that hard doctrine."[2] He was schooled at

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Sir Herbert Edward Read, DSO, MC (/riːd/; 4 December 1893 – 12 June 1968) was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. As well as being a prominent English anarchist, he was one of the earliest English writ

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Horace Romano Harré

Horace Romano Harré (/ˈhæreɪ/;[1] 18 December 1927 – 17 October 2019),[2][3] known widely as Rom Harré, was a New Zealand-British philosopher and psychologist. Harré was born in Apiti, in northern Manawatu, near Palmerston North, New Zealand,[4] but held British citizenship.[5] He studied chemical engineering and later graduated with a BSc in mathematics (1948) and a Master's in Philo

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Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais

Hugues-Félicité Robert de Lamennais (or De La Mennais) (19 June 1782 – 27 February 1854) was a France Catholic priest, philosopher and political theorist. He was one of the most influential intellectuals of Restoration France. Lamennais is considered the forerunner of liberal Catholicism and social Catholicism. His opinions on matters of religion and government changed dramatically over th

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Ivor Grattan-Guinness

Ivor Owen Grattan-Guinness (23 June 1941 – 12 December 2014) was a historian of mathematics and logic.[1][2] Grattan-Guinness was born in Bakewell, England; his father was a mathematics teacher and educational administrator.[1] He gained his bachelor degree as a Mathematics Scholar at Wadham College, Oxford, and an MSc (Econ) in Mathematical Logic and the Philosophy of Science at the London

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Jagadish "Jaggi" Vasudev[1] (born 3 September 1957), venerated as Sadhguru,[2][3] is an Indian yoga guru and author.[4][5][6][7] Jaggi Vasudev earned a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Mysore and has been teaching yoga in southern India since 1982. In 1992 he established the Isha Foundation near Coimbatore, which operates an ashram and yoga centre and is involved in various a

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Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (Persian: جلال‌الدین محمد رومی‎), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā (Persian: مولانا‎, lit. 'our master') and Mevlevî/Mawlawī (Persian: مولوی‎, lit. 'my master'), but more popularly known simply as Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), wa

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James Francis Ross

James Francis Ross (October 9, 1931 – July 12, 2010) was an American philosopher. James Ross, a creative thinker in philosophy of religion, law, metaphysics and philosophy of mind, was a member of the Philosophy Department at the University of Pennsylvania from 1962 until his death. He published widely. James Ross was born October 9, 1931, in Providence, Rhode Island, and died in Boston, Ma

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James Hinton (baptized 26 November 1822 – died 16 December 1875) was an English surgeon and author. He was the father of mathematician Charles Howard Hinton. He was born at Reading, Berkshire, the son of John Howard Hinton, Baptist minister and author of the History and Topography of the United States and other works. James was educated at his grandfather's school near Oxford, and at the No

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Jean Piaget (UK: /piˈæʒeɪ/, US: /ˌpiːəˈʒeɪ/;[1] French: [ʒɑ̃ pjaʒɛ]; 9 August 1896 – 16 September 1980) was a Switzerland psychologist known for his work on child development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called "genetic epistemology". Piaget placed great importance on the education of children. As the Director of the Internati

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