In the Square of the National Library of Great Britain in London, England, there stand statues of ten world-famous thinkers, who lead the development and trend of society, two of whom are from China. Aristotle, Plato, Confucius and Kant are regarded as four famous thinkers by many countries and media in the world.
The top ten thinkers in the world are Confucius, Plato, Aristotle and Thomas? Aquinas, Copernicus, Bacon, Newton, Voltaire, Kant, Laozi.
In western culture, the contribution to great thinkers is described as follows:
Plato, the greatest philosopher in ancient Greece, founded his own system of objective idealism and was also one of the famous thinkers. He and his teachers Socrates and Aristotle are also called the three great philosophers of ancient Greece. It has a far-reaching influence on later philosophy.
Aristotle, an ancient Greek thinker and philosopher, separated philosophy from other disciplines for the first time. Marx praised him as the most learned figure in ancient philosophy, while Engels praised him as the ancient Hegel.
Thomas? Aquinas was a great theologian and philosopher in Italy in the Middle Ages, and also the author of Theology. This book is called the encyclopedia of Christianity, and the five theories he put forward to prove the existence of God have also had a far-reaching impact on later generations.
Bacon is a famous British thinker and philosopher, a pioneer of modern experimental science and an empiricist. His worldview is secular, and he doesn't pin his hopes on some illusory future.
Copernicus, a great Polish astronomer and thinker, not only founded Heliocentrism, but also strongly impacted the world outlook of the church, freeing astronomy and the whole science from the shackles of the church.
Kant is also a famous German thinker and philosopher, among whom? Pure rational criticism? Criticism of practical reason and judgment is the three foundations of Kant's philosophical system.
Voltaire was a famous French bourgeois enlightenment thinker and writer in the18th century. He advocates natural human rights, that all people are born equal and have the right to happiness and freedom. Voltaire's famous saying is also sought after: although I disagree with your point of view, I will defend your right to speak to the death! ?
Confucius (55 BC1-479) was a famous educator, philosopher and thinker in ancient China. Confucianism founded is the foundation of China's feudal thought for more than 2,000 years, the cornerstone of maintaining the normal operation of feudal society, and has also had an important impact on East Asian culture.
In addition, Lao Zi, a famous thinker in China, is also on the list. Laozi is the ideological disseminator of Taoism in China, among which? Doing nothing? Thought is the foundation of China's philosophy of Huang Lao, and it also has a far-reaching influence on the feudal society in China for more than two thousand years. Confucius, a famous thinker, visited Laozi twice and asked Laozi for Tao and courtesy.