John Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill ( May 20, 1806 May 8, 1873) an English philosopher and economist, was the most influential liberal thinker of the 19th century. He was an advocate of utilitarianism, the ethical theory first proposed by his godfather Jeremy Bentham. John
John MiltonJohn Milton ( December 9, 1608— November 8, 1674) was an English poet, most famous for his blank verse epic Paradise Lost''. His father, John Milton Sr. was a well-off scrivener, and his grandfather a wealthy landowner in Oxfordshire who, hewing to the ol
Gustave de MolinariGustave de Molinari ( March 3, 1819 January 28, 1912) was a Belgian-born economist associated with the French " economistes", a group of laissez-faire liberals. Throughout his life, together with the other economistes, Molinari defended peace, free trade,
Charles de Secondat, Baron de MontesquieuCharles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu ( January 18, 1689 February 10, 1755) was a French political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment and who is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers, taken for granted in many moder
Thomas MoreThomas More ( February 7, 1478— July 6, 1535) was briefly Lord Chancellor of England under King Henry VIII and had a European reputation as a humanist author. His most famous work is Utopia (circa 1516) in which he created an imaginary island-kingdom in w
Thomas PaineThomas Paine ( January 29, 1737 — June 8, 1809) was a widely recognized intellectual, scholar, and idealist who is considered to be one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a radical pamphleteer, Paine impacted the American Revolution with his
PlatoFor the computing technology, see PLATO System. Plato ( Greek: Platon (c. 427 BC c. 347 BC) was an immensely influential classical Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, writer, and founder of the Academy in Athens. Plato, who is be
Samuel PufendorfSamuel Pufendorf ( January 8, 1632 October 26, 1694), was a German jurist. He was born at Dorfchemnitz Stollberg District, in the ore mountains (Erzgebirge) in the Duchy of Saxony. His father Elias Pufendorf from Glauchau was a Lutheran pastor, and he him
