John Milton
English poet and intellectual who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell
philosopher
Michel de Montaigne
One of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance
Niccolo Machiavelli
Italian diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Renaissance
Bryan Magee
British philosopher, broadcaster, politician and author, best known for bringing philosophy to a popular audience.
Andre Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs
Karl Marx
German philosopher, critic of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary
Giacomo Leopardi
Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist
Claude Levi-Strauss
French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology
C. S. Lewis
British writer and lay theologian
Lucretius
Roman poet and philosopher