| SPINOZA | Jewish Dutch philosopher noted for his Ethics published in 1677 (7) |
| THOREAU | Henry David, U.S. poet and philosopher noted for his book Walden (7) |
| GEMOORE | British philosopher noted for his Principia Ethica (1903) |
| ERASMUS | Dutch humanist philosopher noted for works including 1511's In Praise of Folly (7) |
| ASHMOLE | English antiquary whose donation of his collection to the University of Oxford in 1677 created Britain's first public museum (7) |
| JUDAHHALEVI | Jewish poet and religious philosopher noted for his poems in dialogue form (5,2-4) |
| PLUTARCH | Greek biographer and philosopher, noted for his Parallel Lives, from which Shakespeare drew information for his plays |
| PHAEDRA | Wife of Theseus whose story is the subject of a 1677 play by Racine (7) |
| FICHTE | Philosopher noted for his insights into the nature of self-awareness (6) |
| HEGEL | Georg Wilhelm Friedrich ____, German philosopher noted for his work on idealism |
| STRABO | Ancient Greek philosopher noted for his work Geographica (6) |
| RAWLS | John, U.S. moral and political philosopher noted for his book A Theory Of Justice (5) |
| ISAAC | Knighted natural philosopher noted for his formulation of the principles of dynamics, work on gravitation, optics, etc. (5,6) |
| NEWTON | Knighted natural philosopher noted for his formulation of the principles of dynamics, work on gravitation, optics, etc. (5,6) |
| ROVER | The ___, play by Aphra Behn produced and published in two parts in 1677 and 1681 (5) |
| AYER | Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" ____ was a philosopher noted for promoting logical positivism |
| ELIAS | English antiquary whose donation of his collection to the University of Oxford in 1677 created Britain's first public museum (5) |
| THEROVER | Stage play by Aphra Behn subtitled The Banish'd Cavaliers premiered in 1677 (3,5) |
| EDMUNDBURKE | British statesman and philosopher noted for treatises including A Vindication of Natural Society (1756) and such speeches as On American Taxation (1774) (6,5) |
| ADAMSMITH | Scottish economist and philosopher noted especially for 1776's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (4,5) |
