Philosophers in Lyon

The atlas holds 6 people and 9 moments here, from 1579 to 1940. The most recorded lives are Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke and Voltaire.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
from 1740 to 1770
3 moments here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
John Locke
from 1675 to 1678
2 moments here
English philosopher, physician, and political writer. Locke was born in Somerset, educated in London and Oxford, served Lord Shaftesbury in London,…
Voltaire
in 1754
1 moment here
François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…
Albert Camus
in 1940
1 moment here
French writer, philosopher, journalist, and political activist, born in French Algeria. Camus studied and worked in Algiers, moved between Algeria…
Giordano Bruno
in 1579
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…
Michel de Montaigne
in 1581
1 moment here
French Renaissance writer, magistrate, diplomat, and two-term mayor of Bordeaux, best known for the Essais.…