18th century in philosophy
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Through 18th century, Philosophy and Preacher
Events
- The Age of Enlightenment
- 1700 - Gokulanatha Upadhyaya was made court pandit to Maharaja Madhave Sinha of Mithila.
- 1743 - The American Philosophical Society (APS) was founded.
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Births
- 1700 - Johann Christoph Gottsched (d.1766), German philosopher and critic.
- 1703 - Jonathan Edwards (d.1758), Anglican revivalist preacher and philosopher.
- 1709 - Julien Offray de La Mettrie (d.1751), French materialist philosopher and physician.
- 1711 - David Hume (d.1776), Scottish philosopher, economist and historian.
- 1723 - Adam Smith (d.1790), Scottish economist and philosopher.
- 1724 - Immanuel Kant (d.1804), German philosopher and anthropologist.
- 1725 - Giacomo Casanova (d.1798), Venetian playwright and philosopher.
- 1729 - Edmund Burke (d.1797), Anglo-Irish philosopher and politician.
- 1737 - Thomas Paine (d.1809), American founding father and political philosopher.
- 1743 - Thomas Paley (d.1805), English Anglican clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian.
- 1743 - Thomas Jefferson (d.1826), American founding father and political philosopher.
- 1748 - Adam Weishaupt (d.1830), German philosopher and founder of the Bavarian Illuminati.
- 1748 - Jeremy Bentham (d.1832), English philosopher and social reformer regarded the founder of utilitarianism.
- 1748 - Dietrich Tiedemann (d.1803), German philosopher and historian.
- 1748 - Adamantios Korais (d.1833), Greek liberal scholar and philosopher.
- 1748 - Olympe de Gouges (d.1793), French philosopher and political activist.
- 1766 - Thomas Robert Malthus (d.1834), English economist and political theorist.
- 1776 - Sophie Germain (d.1831), French physician, mathematician and philosopher.
- 1781 - Adelbert von Chamisso (d.1838), German poet, writer and botanist.
- 1781 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (d.1832), German philosopher whose doctrines became known as Krausism.
- 1781 - Bernard Bolzano (d.1848), Bohemian mathematician, logician, philosopher, theologian and Catholic priest.
Deaths
- 1703 - Thomas Hyde (b.1638), English orientalist, linguist and classicist.
- 1704, John Locke (b.1632), English physician and philosopher known as the "father of liberalism".
- 1718 - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina (b.1664), Italian scholar and jurist.
- 1748 - Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui (b.1694), Genevan legal and political theorist.
- 1751 - Julien Offray de La Mettrie (b.1709), French materialist philosopher and physician.
- 1755 - Montesquieu (b.1689), French historian and political philosopher.
- 1758 - Jonathan Edwards (b.1703), Anglican revivalist preacher and philosopher.
- 1766 - Johann Christoph Gottsched (b.1700), German philosopher and critic.
- 1776 - David Hume (b.1711), Scottish philosopher, economist and historian.
- 1778 - Voltaire (b.1694).
- 1790 - Adam Smith (b.1723), Scottish economist and philosopher.
- 1793 - Olympe de Gouges (b.1748), French philosopher and political activist.
- 1797 - Edmund Burke (b.1729), Anglo-Irish philosopher and politician.
- 1798 - Giacomo Casanova (b.1725), Venetian playwright and philosopher.