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Philosophers born in the 15th and 16th centuries (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically:
- Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.
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Isaac ben Judah Abravanel, (1437–1508)
[1]
[2]
[3]
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Judah ben Isaac Abravanel, (c. 1460–c. 1535)
[1]
[2]
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Alessandro Achillini, (1463–1512)
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Uriel Acosta, (1585–1640)
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Rodolphus Agricola, (1443–1485)
[2]
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, (1436–1535)
[2]
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Leone Battista Alberti, (1404–1472)
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Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno, (1433–1504)
[2]
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Isaac ben Moses Arama, (1420–1494)
[2]
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Jacobus Arminius, (1560–1609)
[1]
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Francis Bacon, (1561–1626)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
[3]
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Domingo Báñez, (1528–1604)
[1]
[2]
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Sebastiano Basso, (16th century)
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Gabriel Biel, (1425–1495)
[2]
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Jean Bodin, (1530–1596)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
[3]
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Jakob Böhme, (1575–1624)
[1]
[2]
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Giovanni Botero, (c. 1544–1617)
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Giordano Bruno, (1548–1600)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
[3]*
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Thomas Cajetan, (1469–1534)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
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John Calvin, (1509–1564)
[1]
[4]2
[2]
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Tommaso Campanella, (1568–1639)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
[3]
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Gerolamo Cardano, (1501–1576)
[2]
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Andrea Cesalpino, (1519–1603)
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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, (1486–1534)
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Pierre Charron, (1541–1603)
[1]
[2]
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Ch'en Hsien-chang, (1428–1500)
[1]
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Chiao Hung, (1540–1620)
[1]
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John Comenius, (1592–1670)
[4]12
[2]
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Nicolaus Copernicus, (1473–1543)
[4]12
[2]
[3]
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Johannes Crellius, (1590–1633)
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Cesare Cremonini, (1550–1631)
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Jalal al-Din al-Dawani, (1426–1502)
[2]
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Elijah Delmedigo, (1460–1497)
[2]
[3]
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Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, (1484–1558)
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Denys the Carthusian (or Denys de Leeuwis), (1402–1471)
[2]
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René Descartes, (1596–1650)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
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Guillaume du Vair, (1556–1621)
[1]
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Desiderius Erasmus, (1466–1536)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
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Marsilio Ficino, (1433–1499)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
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Robert Filmer, (1588–1653)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
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Robert Fludd, (1574–1637)
[1]
[2]
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Pedro da Fonseca, (1528–1599)
[1]
[2]
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Fujiwara Seika, (1561–1619)
[2]
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Galileo Galilei, (1564–1642)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
[3]
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Pierre Gassendi, (1592–1655)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
[3]
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Rudolph Goclenius, (1547–1628)
[1]
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Wawrzyniec Grzymala Goslicki (1530–1607)
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Hugo Grotius, (1583–1645)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
[3]
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Henricus Regius, (1598–1679)
[2]
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Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, (1583–1648)
[2]
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Abraham Cohen de Herrera (or Alonso Nunez de Herrera or Abraham Irira), (1562–1635)
[2]
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Thomas Hobbes, (1588–1679)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
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Richard Hooker, (1554–1600)
[2]
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John of St. Thomas (or Jean Poinsot), (1589–1644)
[1]
[2]
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Joachim Jungius, (1587–1657)
[2]
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Bartholomäus Keckermann, (1571–1609)
[2]
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Johannes Kepler, (1571–1630)
[1]
[2]
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Isaac La Peyrère, (1596–1676)
[1]
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Justus Lipsius, (1547–1606)
[2]
[3]
- Liu Tsung-chou (or Ch'i-shan), (1578–1645)
[1]
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Martin Luther, (1483–1546)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
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Niccolò Machiavelli, (1469–1527)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
[3]
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John Major (or John Mair), (1467–1550)
[4]12
[2]
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Juan de Mariana, (1536–1624)
[1]
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Jacopo Mazzoni, (1548–1598)
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Bartolomé de Medina, (1527–1580)
[1]
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Philipp Melanchthon, (1497–1560)
[2]
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Marin Mersenne, (1588–1648)
[1]
[2]
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Judah Messer Leon, (c. 1425 – c. 1495)
[2]
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Mikyo Dorje (or Mi bskyod rdo rje), (1507–1554)
[2]
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Muhammad Baqir Mir Damad (or Sayyid al-Afadil or Ishraq or Ibn al-Damad), (died 1631)
[2]
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Luis de Molina, (1535–1600)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
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Michel de Montaigne, (1533–1592)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
[3]
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Thomas More, (1478–1535)
[1]
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Mulla Sadra, (1571–1640)
[4]12
[2]
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Nicholas of Cusa, (1401–1464)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
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Agostino Nifo, (1470–1538)
[2]
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Richard Overton, (c. 1599 – 1664)
[2]
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Paracelsus, (1493–1541)
[1]
[2]
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Francesco Patrizi da Cherso (or Franciscus Patritius) (1529–1597)
[2]
[3]
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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, (1463–1494)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
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Pietro Pomponazzi, (1462–1525)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
[3]
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François Rabelais, (1493–1553)
[2]
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Petrus Ramus, (1515–1572)
[1]
[2]
[3]
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Raghunatha Siromani, (c. 1477–1547)
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Francisco Sanches, (1551–1623)
[1]
[2]
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Julius Caesar Scaliger, (1484–1558)
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Michal Sedziwój, (1566–1636)
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John Selden, (1584–1654)
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Francesco Silvestri (or Francis Sylvester of Ferrara), (1474–1528)
[2]
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Sosan Hyujong, (1520–1604)
[2]
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Domingo de Soto, (1494–1560)
[1]
[2]
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Francisco Suárez, (1548–1617)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
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Nicolaus Taurellus, (1547–1606)
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Bernardino Telesio, (1509–1588)
[1]
[2]
[3]
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Teresa of Avila, (1515–1582)
[1]
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Francisco Toledo, (1532–1596)
[1]
[2]
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Lorenzo Valla, (1406–1457)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
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Vallabhacharya, (1479–1531)
[2]
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Vyasatirtha, (c. 1460–1539)
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Lucilio "Giulio Cesare" Vanini, (1585–1619)
[1]
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Gabriel Vasquez, (1549–1604)
[1]
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Nicoletto Vernia, (1442–1499)
[2]
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Francisco de Vitoria, (1492–1546)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
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Juan Luís Vives, (1492–1540)
[1]
[2]
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Wang Yangming, (1472–1529)
[1]
[4]12
[2]
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Thomas White, (1593–1676)
[2]
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Yi Hwang (or Toegye) (1501–1570)
[2]
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Yi I (or Yi Yulgok or Yi Yi) (1536–1584)
[2]
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Jacopo Zabarella, (1533–1589)
[1]
[2]
[3]
See also
Notes and references
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