TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Mysteries of Vernacular: X Ray
The story of the word X-Ray is one of great thinkers. French philosopher Rene Descartes isolated the letters X, Y and Z to stand for unknowns, and centuries later, Wilhelm Rontgen discovered the X-ray, using the X for the unknown nature...
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The Ecole Initiative: Stoicism
This site from the University of Evansville provides an extensive look at Stoicism, its background, and the philosophers who influenced this philosophy. Very in-depth and informative, with great information.
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Bluepete: Biographies: Thomas Hobbes
A great biography. Includes extensive quotes by Hobbes and by those who knew him. His works and philosophical ideas are detailed here.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Diogenes
An extensive biography of Diogenes, his travels, and beliefs.
University of Notre Dame
Jmc: Scholasticism in the Thirteenth Century
"Scholasticism in the Thirteenth Century" covers many philosophers. For information on Roger Bacon, go to the third section, The Great Schoolmen of the Thirteenth Century, and examine paragraphs 6, 7, and 8. The focus is on Bacon's life...
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Diogenes the Ascetic
Discusses the beliefs of Diogenes regarding wealth and pleasure and said he carried Cynicism to the extreme.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke (12 January 1729 - 9 July 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher who, after relocating to Great Britain, served for many years in the British House of Commons as a member of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Albertus Magnus
Albertus Magnus was also known as Albert of Cologne and Saint Albert the Great. Magnus was a great German philosopher and theologian of the Middle Ages.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Galileo Galilei
(1564-1642) Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who was one of the great creators of experimental science.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Fiske
(1842-1901) American historian, lecturer, and philosopher who helped make ideas of great thinkers better understood.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Michael Faraday
(1791-1867) British scientist, chemist, physicist, and philosopher who greatly contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Michael Faraday
(1791-1867) British scientist, chemist, physicist, and philosopher who greatly contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the magnet field, electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Statue of Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology.