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Thinkers

• Aristotle [r]: (384-322 BCE) Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, and one of the most influential figures in the western world between 350 BCE and the sixteenth century. ^[e]
• Augustine of Hippo [r]: (November 13 354–August 28 430) Bishop and Doctor of the Church. ^[e]
• Jeremy Bentham [r]: (1748–1832) British utilitarian political philosopher. ^[e]
• Cicero [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Epicurus [r]: Ancient Greek philosopher who founded epicureanism. ^[e]
• Thomas Hobbes [r]: English political philosopher of the 17th century. ^[e]
• David Hume [r]: (1711—1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. ^[e]
• John Locke [r]: (1632–1704) English empiricist philosopher. ^[e]
• Machiavelli [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Thomas Madison [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Karl Marx [r]: 19th century philosopher and economist. Creator of a theoretical foundation for Communism. ^[e]
• John Stuart Mill [r]: Leading 19th-century British philosopher who made major contributions to ethics, economics, and political philosophy. ^[e]
• Thomas Paine [r]: (1737-1809) English writer, intellectual and revolutionary whose works were influential during the Enlightenment in the United States and Europe. ^[e]
• Pericles [r]: (circa 495-429 BCE) Athenian Statesman, General and Admiral. ^[e]
• Plato [r]: (circa 427-347 BCE) Ancient Greek philosopher, whose dialogues, supposedly recording conversations with Socrates, contain many of the debates central to Western philosophy. ^[e]
• Jean Jacques Rousseau [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Socrates [r]: (ca. 470–399 BCE) Greek philosopher who is credited with laying the foundations of western philosophy; sentenced to death in Athens for heresy. ^[e]

Ideologies

• Conservatism [r]: A concept of political theory used as a shortcut to refer to a wide swath of people who allegedly hold similar values. The conservative ideal does not really exist, as no two people would likely define it exactly the same. Generalizations often made about conservatives may include that they wish to limit social change, preserve traditional family values, abhor homosexuality, revere the military and exhibit staunch patriotism for their country, believe in fiscal restraint, decry foreign immigration, and do not wish to fund support for people in need on grounds that they must be lazy. ^[e]
• Liberalism [r]: Economic and political doctrine advocating free enterprise, free competition and free will. A shortcut word grouping a swath of people who allegedly hold similar values. The liberal ideal does not really exist, as no two people would likely define it exactly the same. Some of the generalizations that people make about liberals include that they are open to social change, not tied to traditional family values, not militaristic, lacking in fiscal restraint, and socially tolerant. ^[e]
• Libertarianism [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Socialism [r]: Any socio-economic system in which property and distribution of wealth are controlled by a community, by cooperation law. ^[e]
• Social democracy [r]: A political movement which seeks to attain community control of the distribution of wealth through democratic means. ^[e]
• Fascism [r]: Political ideology of the far right that seeks national unity through patriotism, collectivism, subservience of the individual and opposition to liberalism. ^[e]