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Article: MORE GREAT MINDS.(DAYBREAK)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Byline: William Wineke
Who do you think were the greatest thinkers in history?
We asked that question a few weeks ago in combination with a report on the ideas of famed historian Will Durant.
Durant had his picks: Confucius, Plato, Aristotle, Copernicus, St. Thomas Aquinas, Sir Francis Bacon, Immanuel Kant, Voltaire, Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.
And we invited Wisconsin State Journal readers to make their own choices. Here are some excerpts from some of the many responses:
Democritus: He postulated that all matter consists of atoms and the voids (vacuums) between them, that immutable laws (not Divine Providence) govern ...