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British philosophers

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Alain de BottonAuthor · BooksAlain de Botton (born 20 December 1969) is a British author and public speaker. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday…
Aldous HuxleyAuthor · BooksAldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher.
Alfred North WhiteheadAuthor · BooksAlfred North Whitehead (15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher.
Alister McGrathAuthor · BooksAlister Edgar McGrath FRSA (born 1953) is an Irish theologian, Anglican priest, intellectual historian, scientist, Christian apologist, and public intellectual.
Arthur KoestlerAuthor · BooksArthur Koestler (5 September 1905 – 1 March 1983) was an Austro-Hungarian-born author and journalist. In 1931, Koestler joine
C. S. LewisAuthor · BooksClive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian.
Chögyam TrungpaArtist · PaintingsChögyam Trungpa (Wylie: Chos rgyam Drung pa; March 5, 1939 – April 4, 1987), formally named the 11th Zurmang Trungpa, Chokyi Gyatso, was a Tibetan Buddhist master and holder of both Kagyu…
Cyril ScottPerson · Music memorabiliaCyril Meir Scott (27 September 1879 – 31 December 1970) was an English composer, writer, poet, and occultist.
Don CupittAuthor · BooksDon Cupitt (22 May 1934 – 18 January 2025) was an English philosopher of religion and academic of Christian theology.
Dugald StewartAuthor · BooksDugald Stewart (22 November 175311 June 1828) was a Scottish philosopher and mathematician.
Ferdinand Canning Scott SchillerAuthor · BooksFerdinand Canning Scott Schiller (lang; 16 August 1864 – 6 August 1937), usually cited as F. C. S. Schiller, was a German-British philosopher.
G. E. M. AnscombeAuthor · Books
Herbert Edward ReadAuthor · BooksSir Herbert Edward Read, (4 December 1893 – 12 June 1968) was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included…
I. A. RichardsAuthor · BooksIvor Armstrong Richards CH (26 February 1893 – 7 September 1979), known as I. A. Richards, was an English educator, literary critic, poet, and rhetorician.
Iris MurdochAuthor · BooksDame Jean Iris Murdoch (15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher.
John G. BennettAuthor · BooksJohn Godolphin Bennett (8 June 1897 – 13 December 1974) was a British academic and writer. He is best known for his books on psychology and spirituality, particularly on the teachings of G.
John MyhillPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn R. Myhill Sr. (11 August 1923 – 15 February 1987) was a British mathematician.
John RuskinDesigner · DesignJohn Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English polymath a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era.
Julian BagginiAuthor · BooksJulian Baggini (lang; born 1968) is an English philosopher, journalist and the author of over 20 books about philosophy written for a general audience.
Karl PopperAuthor · BooksSir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator.
Kenneth E. BouldingAuthor · BooksKenneth Ewart Boulding (January 18, 1910 – March 18, 1993) was an English-born American economist, educator, peace activist, and interdisciplinary philosopher.
Lascelles AbercrombieAuthor · BooksLascelles Abercrombie (9 January 1881 – 27 October 1938) was a British poet and literary critic, one of the "Dymock poets".[2] After the First World War he worked as a professor of English…
Martin LingsAuthor · BooksMartin Lings (24 January 1909 – 12 May 2005), also known as Abū Bakr Sirāj ad-Dīn, was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher.
Norbert EliasAuthor · BooksNorbert Elias (lang; 22 June 1897 – 1 August 1990) was a German sociologist who later became a British citizen. He is especially famous for his theory of civilizing/decivilizing processes.
Paul BruntonAuthor · BooksPaul Brunton is the pen name and later the real name of Hyman Raphael Hurst (21 October 1898 – 27 July 1981), a British philosopher, author of spiritual books, journalist and traveler.
Philippa FootAuthor · BooksPhilippa Ruth Foot (Bosanquet; 3 October 1920 – 3 October 2010) was an English philosopher and one of the founders of contemporary virtue ethics.
Robert ZaehnerAuthor · BooksIllustration — R. C. Zaehner (1972)
Sadie PlantAuthor · BooksSadie Plant (born Sarah Jane Plant; 16 March 1964) is a British philosopher, cultural theorist, and author.
Simon CritchleyPerson · Music memorabiliaSimon James Critchley (born 27 February 1960) is an English philosopher and the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City, US.
Stephen BatchelorAuthor · BooksStephen Batchelor (born 7 April 1953) is a Scottish Buddhist author and teacher, known for his writings on Buddhist subjects and his leadership of meditation retreats worldwide.
Takis FotopoulosAuthor · BooksTakis Fotopoulos (born 14 October 1940) is a Greek political philosopher, economist and writer who founded the Inclusive Democracy movement, aiming at a synthesis of classical democracy…
Vernon LeeAuthor · BooksViolet Paget (14 October 1856 – 13 February 1935), known by the pseudonym Vernon Lee, was a French-born British art historian and writer.

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