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"

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A

*Firmin Abauzit, (1679-1767)
*Antoine Arnauld, (1612-1694)fn|Cfn|O12fn|Rfn|S*
*Mary Astell, (1666-1731)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S

B

*John Balguy, (1686-1748)
*Pierre Bayle, (1647-1706)fn|Cfn|O12fn|Rfn|S
*Richard Bentley, (1662-1742)fn|R
*George Berkeley, (1685-1753)fn|Cfn|O12fn|Rfn|S
*François Bernier, (1620-1688)fn|R
*Hugh Binning, (1627-1653)
*Samuel Bold, (1649-1737)fn|R
*Robert Boyle, (1627-1691)fn|Cfn|O12fn|Rfn|S
*Peter Browne, (1666-1735)fn|R
*Thomas Browne, (1605-1682)
*Claude Buffier, (1661-1737)fn|R
*Richard Burthogge, (1638-1704)fn|R
*Joseph Butler, (1692-1752)fn|Cfn|O12fn|R

C

*Gershom Carmichael, (c. 1672-1729)fn|R
*Margaret Cavendish, (1623-1673)fn|Cfn|R
*Walter Charleton, (1619-1707)fn|R
*William Chillingworth, (1602-1644)fn|R
*Samuel Clarke, (1675-1729)fn|Cfn|O12fn|Rfn|S
*Johannes Clauberg, (1622-1665)fn|R
*Catherine Trotter Cockburn, (1679-1749)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S
*Arthur Collier, (1680-1732)fn|Cfn|R
*Anthony Collins, (1676-1729)fn|O12fn|Rfn|S
*Lady Anne Finch Conway, (1631-1679)fn|Cfn|O12fn|Rfn|S
*Geraud de Cordemoy, (1626-1684)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S
*Jean-Pierre de Crousaz, (1663-1750)
*Ralph Cudworth, (1617-1688)fn|O12fn|R
*Nathaniel Culverwel, (1619-1651)fn|R
*Richard Cumberland, (1631?-1718)fn|Cfn|R

D

*John Theophilus Desaguliers, (1683-1744)
*Robert Desgabets, (1610-1678)fn|Rfn|S
*Kenelm Digby, (1603-1665)fn|R
*Humphry Ditton, (1675-1715)

E

*Elisabeth of Bohemia, (1618-1680)fn|Cfn|R

F

*Michelangelo Fardella, (1646-1718)fn|R
*François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, (1651-1715)fn|R
*Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, (1657-1757)fn|Cfn|R
*Simon Foucher, (1644-1696)fn|R

G

*Gadadhara Bhattacharya, (1604-1709)fn|R
*John Gay, (1685-1732)fn|C
*Arnold Geulincx, (1624-1669)fn|Cfn|O12fn|R
*Joseph Glanvill, (1636-1680)fn|Cfn|R
*Baltasar Gracián y Morales, (1601-1658)fn|C
*Guido Grandi, (1671-1742)

H

*Han Wonjin, (1682-1751)fn|R
*James Harrington, (1611-1677)fn|R
*Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont, (1614-1698)fn|R
*Huang Zongxi (or "Huang Tsung-hsi"), (1610-1695)fn|C
*Pierre Daniel Huet, (1630-1721)fn|R
*Francis Hutcheson, (1694-1746)fn|Cfn|O12fn|R
*Christiaan Huygens, (1629-1695)fn|C

I

*Ito Jinsai, (1627-1705)fn|R

J

*Samuel Johnson, (1649-1703)fn|R

K

*Kaibara Ekiken, (1630-1740)fn|R
*Lord Kames, (1696-1782)fn|R
*Kumazawa Banzan, (1619-1691) fn|R

L

*Louis de La Forge, (1632-1666)fn|Cfn|R
*William Law, (1686-1761)fn|R
*Jean Le Clerc, (1657-1737)fn|R
*Antoine Le Grand, (1629-1699)fn|Rfn|S
*Gottfried Leibniz, (1646-1716)fn|Cfn|O12fn|Rfn|S*
*John Locke, (1632-1704)fn|Cfn|O12fn|Rfn|S

M

*Nicolas Malebranche, (1638-1715)fn|Cfn|O12fn|Rfn|S
*Bernard de Mandeville, (1670-1733)fn|O2fn|R
*Damaris Cudworth Masham, (1659-1708)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S
*Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755)fn|Cfn|O2fn|Rfn|S
*Henry More, (1614-1687)fn|Cfn|R

N

*Isaac Newton, (1642-1727)fn|Cfn|O12fn|R
*John Norris, (1657-1711)fn|Rfn|S*

O

*Ogyū Sorai, (1666-1728)fn|R

P

*Blaise Pascal, (1623-1662)fn|Cfn|O2fn|R
*Robert Joseph Pothier, (1699-1772)fn|R
*Samuel Pufendorf, (1632-1694)fn|Cfn|O2fn|R

Q

R

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

S

*Anna Maria van Schurman, (1607-1678)fn|R
*John Sergeant, (1623-1704)fn|R
*Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, (1671-1713)fn|Cfn|O12fn|Rfn|S
*Baruch Spinoza, (1632-1677)fn|Cfn|O12fn|Rfn|S
*James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, (1619-1695)fn|R
*Edward Stillingfleet, (1635-1699)fn|C
*Gabrielle Suchon, (1631-1703)fn|R
*Emanuel Swedenborg, (1688-1772)fn|R
*Algernon Sydney, (1623-1683)

T

*Christian Thomasius, (1655-1728)fn|R
*Matthew Tindal, (1657-1733)fn|R
*John Toland, (1670-1722)fn|O12fn|R
*Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, (1651-1708)fn|R
*George Turnball, (1698-1748)fn|Cfn|R

U

V

*Giambattista Vico, (1668-1744)fn|Cfn|O12fn|Rfn|S
*Voltaire, (1694-1778)fn|O12fn|R

W

*Wang Fuzhi (or "Wang Fu-Chih" or "Wang Chuanshan"), (1619-1692)fn|Cfn|R
*Benjamin Whichcote, (1609-1683)
*Christian Wolff, (1679-1754)fn|Cfn|O12fn|R
*William Wollaston, (1659-1724)fn|Cfn|R

X

Y

*Yen Yuan (1635-1704)fn|C
*Yi Kan (1677-1727)fn|R

Z

Notes

* - 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
* - 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
* - 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
* - 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).

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See also

*List of philosophers