Great Thinkers

Meet the great minds whose ideas have shaped the world — philosophers, scientists, artists, leaders, and revolutionaries whose thinking still matters today.

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Charles Darwin
1809-1882 · England, United Kingdom
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was an English naturalist and biologist. He was born in Shrewsbury into a wealthy and intellectually distinguished family: his grandfather Erasmus Darwin…
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"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms…"
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Politics
Elinor Ostrom
1933-2012 · United States
Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012) was an American political economist. She was born in Los Angeles and grew up during the Great Depression, a period of severe…
Environmental thinking Citizenship Systems thinking Financial literacy +1
"A lot of models in economics assume that human beings are fundamentally selfish. But the evidence shows that many people…"
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Biology
Lynn Margulis
1938-2011 · United States
Lynn Margulis (1938-2011) was an American biologist and theorist. She was born Lynn Alexander in Chicago, graduated from the University of Chicago at eighteen, and…
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"Life did not take over the globe by combat, but by networking."
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Physics
Vandana Shiva
1952-present · India, South Asia
Vandana Shiva (born 1952) is an Indian physicist, environmental activist, and philosopher. She was born in Dehradun in the foothills of the Himalayas, into a…
Nutrition and food systems Environmental thinking Citizenship Systems thinking +1
"Seed is the source of life and the first link in the food chain. Control over seed means control over…"
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