19th century philosophers belong to the age of advancement and progress. Their philosophies was not rationally grounded or justified but simply came from traditions and feelings that were largely ignored previously. 19th century thinkers understood that the value of something that was unique, individual and spontaneous was much more than those that belonged to a particular standard of taste. They looked for hidden meaning of things and nurtured the same into a system of thoughts. While talking of some of the greatest 19th century philosophers, the first name that strikes the mind is that of Karl Marx. A Geran philosopher, Marx’s theories about society, economics and politics are today collectively known as Marxism. Together with fellow German philosopher Friedrich Engels, he published various works that have since influenced the intellectual, economic, and political history of the world. Yet another famed philosopher of the 19th century was John Stuart Mill. An English political economist and civil servant, he was one of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism who widely contributed to social theory, political theory and political economy. Other prominent philosophers of the period include Thomas Hill Green, Auberon Herbert, Josiah Royce and so on. Browse through this section further to update yourself with knowledge about the famous philosophers of the 19th century.
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Søren Kierkegaard
05 May 1813
Danish
Sun Yat-sen12 November 1866
Chinese,American
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar28 May 1883
Indian
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Antonio Gramsci22 January 1891
Italian
G. K. Chesterton29 May 1874
British
Syed Ahmad Khan17 October 1817
Indian,British
Ramakrishna18 February 1836
Indian
Dayananda Saraswati12 February 1824
Indian
Ramana Maharshi30 December 1879
Indian
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Julius Evola19 May 1898
Italian
Ferdinand de Saussure26 November 1857
Swiss
Max Stirner25 October 1806
German
Carl Schmitt11 July 1888
German
Charles Sanders Peirce10 September 1839
American
Edmund Husserl08 April 1859
Austrian,Czech,German
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Narayana Guru20 August 1856
Indian
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon15 January 1809
French
Fyodor DostoyevskyRussian
Vilfredo Pareto15 July 1848
French,Italian
Leo Strauss20 September 1899
German,American
Oswald Spengler29 May 1880
German
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Mikhail Bakhtin17 November 1895
Russian
Georges Bataille10 September 1897
French
M. N. Roy21 March 1887
Indian