Philosophy Collection (page 11)

Confucius, ancient Chinese philosopher, (1780). Artist: Pierre Duflos
Confucius, ancient Chinese philosopher, (1780). According to Chinese tradition, Confucius (551-479 BC) was a thinker, political figure, educator, and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought

Kong-Fu-Tse, or Confucius, the most celebrated Philosopher of China, c1729 Artist
Kong-Fu-Tse, or Confucius, the most celebrated Philosopher of China, c1729. According to Chinese tradition, Confucius (551-479 BC) was a thinker, political figure, educator

The harmony between philosophy and religion, 1791. Private Collection

Fenelon returns a Stolen Cow to a Peasant. Found in the collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Portrait of Claude Adrien Helvetius (1715-1771), 1793-1794. Found in the collection of Musee d art et d histoire, Genf

A Philosopher giving a Lecture on the Orrery in which a lamp is put in place of the Sun. Found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Portrait of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), 1765. Artist: Springer, Friedrich Wilhelm (active 18th century)
Portrait of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), 1765. Private Collection

Heraclitus and Democritus, 1486. Artist: Bramante, Donato (1444-1514)
Heraclitus and Democritus, 1486. Found in the collection of Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Dionysius Cato. Artist: Scilla, Agostino (1629-1700)
Dionysius Cato. Private Collection

Philosopher and the Young Child. Artist: Woutersz. called Stap, Jan (1599-1663)
Philosopher and the Young Child. Private Collection

Cassiodorus, Early 17th century. Artist: Anonymous
Cassiodorus, Early 17th century. Private Collection

Portrait of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Early 19th century. Artist: Heydeck, Adolf von (1787-1856)
Portrait of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Early 19th century. Found in the collection of Stadtmuseum Konigsberg

Portrait of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), 1791. Artist: Doepler (Doebler), Gottlieb (1762-c. 1810)
Portrait of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), 1791. Found in the collection of Stadtmuseum Konigsberg

Peking, c1930s
Peking. In the grounds of the Hall of Classics are tablets on which are carved extracts of Chinese ethics and philosophy, c1930s. From Geographical Magazine, Volume 5

Chinese portraits of Confucius and his great follower Mencius, 1907. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1907]

Johann Gottlieb Fichte 1762-1814. - Gemalde von Professor Pluhr, 1934
Johann Gottlieb Fichte 1762-1814, 1934. Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814), German philosopher who became a founding figure of the philosophical movement known as German idealism

Mr James Allen, c1905, (1912). Artist: Phillips & Lee
Mr James Allen, c1905, (1912). James Allen (1864-1912) a British philosophical writer, a pioneer of the self-help movement. His best known work, As a Man Thinketh published in 1903

Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher, c1668 (1894). Artist: William Faithorne
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), English philosopher, c1668 (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

Voltaire, French writer and philosopher, c18th century (1894). Artist: Benoit Louis Henriquez
Voltaire (1694-1778), French writer and philosopher, c18th century (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French philosopher and writer, 18th century (1894). Artist: David Martin
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French philosopher and writer, 18th century (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

Superman : Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, 19th century (1956). Nietzsche (1844-1900) put forward the idea of the Ubermensch (Superman)

Lao-Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher and inspiration of Taoism, late 19th century. Lao-Tzu (fl 6th century BC) riding a buffalo

Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese philosopher. From a rubbing of a marble slab in a Confucian temple. (Colorised black and white print)

Plan of the island of Utopia, 1518. From Utopia, Thomas Mores work depicting an ideal state where reason ruled, first published in 1516. (Colorised black and white print)

Agrippa Instructing His Pupils Mathematically, 1553, (1936). The frontespiece of the Treatise on the Science of Arms with Philosophical Dialogue by Camillo Agrippa, published in 1553

Demetrius Solves A Difficult Problem, c1917, (1917). Artist: Gunning King
Demetrius Solves A Difficult Problem, c1917, (1917). From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1917]

John Lilburne on the pillory at Westminster, 1638 (1905). Lilburne (1614-1657) was an English Leveller who campaigned for what he described as `freeborn rights` which every human being was born with

Thomas Carlyle, 1877 (1906). Artist: John Everett Millais
Thomas Carlyle, 1877 (1906). Carlyle (1795-1881) was a Scottish, philosopher, historian and writer. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VIII

JJ Rousseaus House, Montmartre, 1915. Artist: RP Grouiller
JJ Rousseaus House, Montmartre, 1915. From Paris Past and Present. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1915]

Emerson Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, early 20th century. Designed by Guy Lowell and completed in 1900, Emerson Hall houses Harvard Universitys Department of Philosophy

Aristotle and Phyllis, 1513 (1964). Aristotle seduced and humiliated by Phyllis after he objected to her distracting his pupil, Alexander, from his studies

Illustration from Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiae, 1498 (1964)
Illustration from Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiae (Consolation of Philosophy), 1498 (1964). Printed in Paris by Jean de Vingle

The death of the Marquis de Condorcet, 1794 (1882-1884). Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794) was a French Enlightenment philosopher and sociologist

Paul Valery, French poet, essayist and philosopher, 1935. Valery (1871-1945) was a French author and Symbolist poet, he also wrote essays and aphorisms on art, history, letters, music

Vitalism: Henri Bergson, French philosopher, early 20th century, (1956). Bergson (1859-1941) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1927. From the Picture Post Library

Nihilism: Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher, 19th century (1956). In his most important work, The World as Will and Representation, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) proposed that mans emotional

Freedom of the press: title page from the Areopagitica by John Milton, 1644 (1956). The Areopagitica was a speech delivered by Milton in the House of Commons in favour of the liberty of unlicensed

Deism: Lord Herbert of Cherbury, c1603-1605 (1956). Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583-1648) was a British soldier, diplomat, poet, historian and religious philosopher

John Stuart Mill, British philosopher and social reformer, 19th century (1956). An advocate of utilitarianism, Mill (1806-1873) was probably the most influential liberal thinker of the 19th century

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and theologian, c1840 (1956). A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential

Effigy of Jeremy Bentham with his embalmed head, University College, London, 1956. English social reformer and philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

Henri Bergson, French philosopher, 1910. Bergson (1859-1941) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1927. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920

Ernest Renan, French philosopher and writer, 1890. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1905, 3rd album, Editions MD, Paris

Emile Littre, French philosopher and lexicographer, 1869. Littre (1801-1881) compiled the Dictionnaire de la langue francaise (Dictionary of the French language)

Monument of Sir Francis Bacon, St Michaels Church, St Albans, Hertfordshire, 1806. Artist: G Cooke
Monument of Sir Francis Bacon, St Michaels Church, St Albans, Hertfordshire, 1806. English philosopher, scientist and statesman Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, English philosopher, scientist and statesman. Artist: M van de Gucht
Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, English philosopher, scientist and statesman. Bacon (1561-1626) became Lord Chancellor in 1618

David Hume, 18th century Scottish philosopher, economist and historian, (1845). Artist: W Holl
David Hume, 18th century Scottish philosopher, economist and historian, (1845). Humes (1711-1776) most important work was A Treatise on Human Nature (1739)

Benedict Spinoza, 17th century Dutch philosopher, c1870. Artist: JH Rennefeld
Benedict Spinoza, 17th century Dutch philosopher, c1870. Of Portuguese Jewish descent, Spinoza (1632-1677) is regarded as having laid the foundations for the Enlightenment of the 18th century

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