Thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment
Queen Victoria
1819 – 1901
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Abraham Lincoln
1744 – 1786
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Abraham Lincoln (1809) was the 16th President of the United States, who led the nation through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
The Confederacy stands for slavery and the Union for freedom.
Thomas Carlyle
1795 – 1881
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Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. Known as the "sage of Chelsea", his writings strongly influenced the intellectual and artistic culture of the Victorian era.
There is endless merit in a man's knowing when to have done.
Calvin Coolidge
1780 – 1853
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Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he previously served as the 29th vice president from 1921 to 1923, under President Warren G. Harding, and as the 48th governor of Massachusetts from 1919 to 1921.
...combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China.
Søren Kierkegaard
1813 – 1855
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Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christianity, morality, ethics, psychology, love, and the philosophy of religion, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony, and parables. Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one lives as a "single individual", highlighting the importance of authenticity, personal choice and commitment, and the duty to love.
Kierkegaard's Narrative: An existential humanist plot outline
Immanuel Kant
1724 – 1804
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German philosopher whose work on epistemology and ethics was transformative.
Thus our duties to animals are indirectly duties to humanity.
Henry David Thoreau
1817 – 1862
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Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.
It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803 – 1882
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and critical thinking, as well as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and conformity. Friedrich Nietzsche thought he was "the most gifted of the Americans," and Walt Whitman called Emerson his "master".
The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do.
Words from November 14
"The Confederacy stands for slavery and the Union for freedom."
Abraham Lincoln
1744
"Especially for Students: An Overview of Abraham Lincoln's Life"
Abraham Lincoln
1744
"There is endless merit in a man's knowing when to have done."
Thomas Carlyle
1795
"A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures."
Thomas Carlyle
1795
"...combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China."
Calvin Coolidge
1780
"Kierkegaard's Narrative: An existential humanist plot outline"
Søren Kierkegaard
1813