List of philosophers born in the seventeenth century

Philosophers born in the seventeenth century (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically:

Note: This list has a minimal criteria for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.

See also:

• List of philosophers born in the centuries BC
• List of philosophers born in the first through tenth centuries
• List of philosophers born in the eleventh through fourteenth centuries
• List of philosophers born in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
• List of philosophers born in the seventeenth century
• List of philosophers born in the eighteenth century
• List of philosophers born in the nineteenth century
• List of philosophers born in the twentieth century
• List of living philosophers and academics of philosophy

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Firmin Abauzit, (1679-1767)
• Antoine Arnauld, (1612-1694)^CO12^RS*
• Mary Astell, (1666-1731)^CRS

B

• John Balguy, (1686-1748)
• Pierre Bayle, (1647-1706)^CO12^RS
• Richard Bentley, (1662-1742)^R
• George Berkeley, (1685-1753)^CO12^RS
• François Bernier, (1620-1688)^R
• Hugh Binning, (1627-1653)
• Samuel Bold, (1649-1737)^R
• Robert Boyle, (1627-1691)^CO12^RS
• Peter Browne, (1666-1735)^R
• Thomas Browne, (1605-1682)
• Claude Buffier, (1661-1737)^R
• Richard Burthogge, (1638-1704)^R
• Joseph Butler, (1692-1752)^CO12^R

C

• Gershom Carmichael, (c. 1672-1729)^R
• Margaret Cavendish, (1623-1673)^CR
• Walter Charleton, (1619-1707)^R
• William Chillingworth, (1602-1644)^R
• Samuel Clarke, (1675-1729)^CO12^RS
• Johannes Clauberg, (1622-1665)^R
• Catherine Trotter Cockburn, (1679-1749)^CRS
• Arthur Collier, (1680-1732)^CR
• Anthony Collins, (1676-1729)^O12^RS
• Lady Anne Finch Conway, (1631-1679)^CO12^RS
• Geraud de Cordemoy, (1626-1684)^CRS
• Jean-Pierre de Crousaz, (1663-1750)
• Ralph Cudworth, (1617-1688)^O12^R
• Nathaniel Culverwel, (1619-1651)^R
• Richard Cumberland, (1631?-1718)^CR

D

• John Theophilus Desaguliers, (1683-1744)
• Robert Desgabets, (1610-1678)^RS
• Kenelm Digby, (1603-1665)^R
• Humphry Ditton, (1675-1715)

E

• Elisabeth of Bohemia, (1618-1680)^CR

F

• Michelangelo Fardella, (1646-1718)^R
• François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, (1651-1715)^R
• Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, (1657-1757)^CR
• Simon Foucher, (1644-1696)^R

G

• Gadadhara Bhattacharya, (1604-1709)^R
• John Gay, (1685-1732)^C
• Arnold Geulincx, (1624-1669)^CO12^R
• Joseph Glanvill, (1636-1680)^CR
• Baltasar Gracián y Morales, (1601-1658)^C
• Guido Grandi, (1671-1742)

H

• Han Wonjin, (1682-1751)^R
• James Harrington, (1611-1677)^R
• Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont, (1614-1698)^R
• Huang Zongxi (or Huang Tsung-hsi), (1610-1695)^C
• Pierre Daniel Huet, (1630-1721)^R
• Francis Hutcheson, (1694-1746)^CO12^R
• Christiaan Huygens, (1629-1695)^C

I

• Ito Jinsai, (1627-1705)^R

J

• Samuel Johnson, (1649-1703)^R

K

• Kaibara Ekiken, (1630-1740)^R
• Lord Kames, (1696-1782)^R
• Kumazawa Banzan, (1619-1691) ^R

L

• Louis de La Forge, (1632-1666)^CR
• William Law, (1686-1761)^R
• Jean Le Clerc, (1657-1737)^R
• Antoine Le Grand, (1629-1699)^RS
• Gottfried Leibniz, (1646-1716)^CO12^RS*
• John Locke, (1632-1704)^CO12^RS

M

• Nicolas Malebranche, (1638-1715)^CO12^RS
• Bernard de Mandeville, (1670-1733)^O2^R
• Damaris Cudworth Masham, (1659-1708)^CRS
• Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755)^CO2^RS
• Henry More, (1614-1687)^CR

N

• Isaac Newton, (1642-1727)^CO12^R
• John Norris, (1657-1711)^RS*

O

• Ogyū Sorai, (1666-1728)^R

P

• Blaise Pascal, (1623-1662)^CO2^R
• Robert Joseph Pothier, (1699-1772)^R
• Samuel Pufendorf, (1632-1694)^CO2^R

Q

R

• John Ray, (1627-1705)^C
• Pierre-Sylvain Regis, (1632-1707)^R
• Hermann Samuel Reimarus, (1694-1768)^C
• Jacques Rohault, (1617-1672)^R

S

• Anna Maria van Schurman, (1607-1678)^R
• John Sergeant, (1623-1704)^R
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, (1671-1713)^CO12^RS
• Baruch Spinoza, (1632-1677)^CO12^RS
• James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, (1619-1695)^R
• Edward Stillingfleet, (1635-1699)^C
• Gabrielle Suchon, (1631-1703)^R
• Emanuel Swedenborg, (1688-1772)^R
• Algernon Sydney, (1623-1683)

T

• Christian Thomasius, (1655-1728)^R
• Matthew Tindal, (1657-1733)^R
• John Toland, (1670-1722)^O12^R
• Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, (1651-1708)^R
• George Turnball, (1698-1748)^CR

U

V

• Giambattista Vico, (1668-1744)^CO12^RS
• Voltaire, (1694-1778)^O12^R

W

• Wang Fuzhi (or Wang Fu-Chih or Wang Chuanshan), (1619-1692)^CR
• Benjamin Whichcote, (1609-1683)
• Christian Wolff, (1679-1754)^CO12^R
• William Wollaston, (1659-1724)^CR

X

Y

• Yen Yuan (1635-1704)^C
• Yi Kan (1677-1727)^R

Z

Notes

• Note C: - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, (Second Edition). Cambridge University Press; 1999. ISBN 0-521-63722-8

• Note O: - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy.

1: Oxford University Press; 1995. ISBN 0-19-866132-0

2: Oxford University Press; 2005. ISBN 0-19-926479-1

• Note R: - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in the Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Routledge; 2000. ISBN 0-415-22364-4

• Note S: - This person is featured in the peer-reviewed online Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Subjects with an asterisk have an article solicited about them, but not yet published at the encyclopedia (as of 2-22-2006).

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

See also

• List of philosophers