Category: Biography

An outstanding representative of the German classical philosophy was George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. He is known as one of the creators of German classical philosophy. Georg Hegel was born in 1770 in Stuttgart (in southwestern Germany) in a family of Georg Ludwig, a secretary to the revenue office, and Maria Magdalena Louisa, a lawyer daughter.…

About Author James Dashner was born in the American city Austell, Georgia in 1972, becoming the seventh child in the family. Since childhood, James dreamt of writing. James’s parents had an old typewriter on which he first tried to write, but then the hobby did not go on. After graduating from school, James joined the…

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, Baron Verulam English lawyer, scientist, essayist and philosopher, born in London. His father, Sir Nicholas Bacon (1509–1579), was Keeper of the Great Seal to Queen Elizabeth, his mother an aunt of William Cecil, Lord Burghley. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge between the ages of 12 and 14, then studied at…

Philo of Alexandria biography Philo of Alexandria was a prominent representative of Jewish Hellenism, whose center was Alexandria. He was a theologian, an apologist for Judaism, who by his works had a strong influence on the theological outlook of his exegetical method and his doctrine of the Logos. Philo tried to link the dogmas of…

Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher. Though he was born as a slave, he became one of the most influential thinkers and teachers of Stoicism of his time. Epictetus’ biography is rather vague. He was born in Hierapolis (modern-day Pamukkale, Turkey) around 55 A.D. under the unknown name (Epictetus in Greek means “gained” or “acquired”…

George Edward Moore biography George Edward Moore was an English philosopher and the founder of the analytic tradition in philosophy (together with Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell. He is remembered as an advocate of common sense concepts, he made a contribution to epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics. George Edward Moore was born in 1873 in London…

St. Anselm of Canterbury Italian theologian and prelate, born at Aosta, northern Italy. As his father objected to his becoming a monk it was not until c.1059 that he reached Lanfranc’s abbey at Bec, in Normandy, of which in 1078 he eventually became abbot. *Lanfranc, who had become Archbishop of Canterbury, died in 1089, and the…

Pierre Abelard [Peter in English usage]. French philosopher and theologian. Of a noble Breton family, he became a lecturer in Paris. He seduced and married a 17-year-old pupil, *Héloïse, whose uncle, Fulbert, canon of Notre Dame, eventually had him castrated. She became a nun and he a monk. Later his retreat at Nogent-sur-Seine, known as Le…

Greek philosopher, born in Stagira, Northern Greece. Son of Nicomachus, a physician in the Macedonian court, he learned biology from his father and studied at the academy of Plato from the age of 17 until Plato died, 20 years later. He then became tutor of Alexander, later Alexander the Great. He came back to Athens…

About Author Sophocles – one of classical Athens’ great tragic playwrights   Early life Sophocles was born in 496 Before Current Era in Hippies Colonus in Attica, near Athens. He came from the wealthy family of a manufacturer. Therefore, he was able to gain a good education. He studied all of the art from his…