He gave up law after pleading one case, and spent the rest of his life writing about philosophers and scientists, especially defending the Cartesian tradition.

Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) was not a philosopher strictly speaking; indeed, he wrote excoriatingly about philosophers.

He is now known for a collection of quotations from and reports about Presocratic philosophers.

His works have preserved much information about earlier philosophers which would have otherwise been lost.

The class used computers to obtain information about philosophers and mythological figures and wrote skits.

Then there are a whole lot of other people who write about other philosophers, who interpret their work.

The question raised in the debate about favorite political philosophers was apparently so beyond him that he sought refuge in the acceptable and the familiar.

He trained in the law but gave up after one case, devoting his life to writing about philosophers and scientists, especially defending the Cartesian tradition.

The problem is, there may not be enough women in the world who care about both contemporary philosophers and hot-pink leather pants to guarantee a magazine's success.

In the second book, too, although it professes to deal with Bible history only, he has much to say about Plato and philosophers in general.