The French philosopher thinker and social philosopher of Syndicalism. First as a successful businessman and son of an engineer, he was the starting of the 19 Century in his profession to devote himself entirely to writing. Georges Sorel was promoted ...

The English philosopher, economist, psychologist and sociologist, was one of the leading positivists of the 19th Century. He comes to the merit of having extended the classical empiricism to positivism. John Stuart Mill developed a system of inductive and deductive ...

The French philosopher, writer and musician is considered one of the leading exponents of the Enlightenment, which advocated individual freedom and against the absolutism of church and state. Jean-Jacques Rousseau had so great influence on the educational and political theories. ...

The French philosopher, was known for his positive attitude to hedonism. In his main work "De l'esprit," he explained his materialistic conception of man. The work sparked controversy. Thoughts, judgments, desires or passions stir for Claude Adrien Helvetius from the ...

The French theologian and philosopher, was one of the most significant representatives of Cartesianism and the Counter-Reformation Catholic philosophy in France. In his treatise "De la Recherche da la Vérité" (From the discovery of truth) in 1675, he led the ...

The French philosopher, mathematician and physicist, is considered the founder of modern rationalism. He taught liberation from dogmatism and the use of reason. He introduced the mathematical way in which philosophy and freed them from the faith. The basis of ...