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| 3587 | Descartes | Named in honor of René Descartes (1596–1650), outstanding French mathematician and philosopher. (M 2 |
| 5450 | Sokrates | Named after the Greek philosopher Sokrates (c. 470–399 B.C.), who taught that one should always say |
| 5451 | Plato | Named after Plato (c. 428–348 B.C.), the most famous pupil of Sokrates {see planet (5450)}. He was |
| 6001 | Thales | Named for the famous Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus (c.625–547 B.C.). None of Thales’ writings |
| 6123 | Aristoteles | Named for Aristoteles (384–322 B.C.), one of the most significant Greek philosophers, charging the d |
| 7009 | Hume | Named in memory of the famous British philosopher David Hume (1711-1776). He started to study law b |
| 7010 | Locke | Named in memory of the famous British philosopher John Locke (1632-1704), initiator of the Age of En |
| 7012 | Hobbes | Named in memory of the great British political philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679). In 1651 he pu |
| 7014 | Nietzsche | Named in memory of the great German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), renowned for his cr |
| 7015 | Schopenhauer | Named for the celebrated German philosopher of pessimism, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860). In 1813 h |
| 7853 | Confucius | Named after Confucius (551-471 B.C.), the famous Chinese philosopher. Nothing written by Confucius h |
| 7854 | Laotse | Named after Laotse (sixth century B.C.), the famous Chinese philosopher. He worked at the court of t |
| 8318 | Averroes | Named for Averroes (1126-1198), whose Arabian name was Ibn Roschd Abdul Walid and who studied law an |
| 14526 | Xenocrates | Xenocrates of Chalcedon (396-314 B.C.), philosopher and mathematician, was a student of Plato and te |
| 14995 | Archytas | Archytas (ca. 428-365 B.C.) was a philosopher and mathematician of the Pythagorean school. He is bel |