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Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,…
Europe + Africa + Middle East
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Democritus ("chosen of the people") was an Ancient Greek philosopher born in Abdera, Thrace,…
Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work…
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, commonly called Boethius, was a Roman senator, consul,…
Abu Rayhan Biruni was a Persian mathematician, physicist, scholar, encyclopedist, philosopher,…
Galileo Galilei was an Italian polymath: astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and…
Asia + Oceania
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Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn…
Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher. He is…
Morihei Ueshiba was a famous martial artist and founder of the Japanese martial art of aikido.…