Born 16th June, 1723 – Adam Smith.
Adam Smith – Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy

Adam Smith’s Moral and Political Philosophy – Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy

Why Adam Smith Is Important – The Adam Smith Institute

Commanding Heights – Adam Smith – PBS

Adam Smith – Concise Encyclopaedia of Economics

Adam Smith: Theory of Moral Sentiments from Lynne Kiesling on Vimeo.

The Economist as Philosopher: Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes on human nature, social progress:

Finally a pop-culture interpretation of Adam Smith’s theory and Nash’s Equilibrium:

Which is rebutted here:

The Problem with Blondes – By Sara Robinson

A Beautiful Blonde: a Nash coordination game – by Simon P. Anderson and Maxim Enger

This is something of a simplification of Adam Smith’s writings, of the history of economics and of the Nash equilibrium. Even those economists who aren’t diagnosed with schizophrenia can be pretty odd fish, but it didn’t take their discipline 174 years to figure out that it was possible to have sex with brunettes.

Martin Heidegger, German Philosopher (born May 26th, 1889).

Encyclopaedia Britannica – Martin Heidegger

The Heidegger Way – Philosopher’s Zone

Martin Heidegger Talks About Language, Being, Marx & Religion in Vintage 1960s Interviews.

Existence and Being – Marxists.org

Being and Time, part 1: Why Heidegger matters – Simon Critchley, The Guardian.

Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy - Martin Heidegger

In Our Time – Greatest Philosopher, Martin Heidegger (1889 –1976) advocated by Stephen Mulhall.

Heidegger – Human, All Too Human:

A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for The New Yorker on the war crimes trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann.

Ayn Rand - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 

The Atlantic – The Atlas Shrugged Book Club

About Objectivism, part I: Metaphysics - part II: Epistemology - part III: Ethics - part IV: Politics by Massimo Pigliucci

BBC News - Ayn Rand: Why is she so popular?

The Benefits and Hazards of the Philosophy of Ayn Rand: A Personal Statement by Nathaniel Branden, Ph.D.

Teacher and Student Resources - The Ayn Rand Institute

David Hume (1711-1776)

David Hume - Stanford Encyclopaedia
DavidHume.org - “A permanent online resource for Hume scholars and students, including reliable texts of almost everything written by David Hume”

In Our Time – BBC Radio 4 – Greatest Philosopher David Hume - advocated by Julian Baggini

Education Scotland - An actor portraying David Hume in this video explains the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher’s belief in facts, logic, rationalism and evidence and why this meant he was an atheist.

I still love Kierkegaard – by Julian Baggini

Kierkegaard, D. Anthony Storm’s Commentary on - An online commentary on all of Kierkegaard’s writings with supplemental materials.

Søren Kierkegaard – Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy.

Kierkegaard’s ‘Antigone’ By Ulrika Carlsson.

Google doodle marks 200th birthday of Danish philosopher – The Independent

Born May 6th, 1947 – Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher.

Meeting Martha Nussbaum – Philosopher’s Zone.

Martha Nussbaum – on Capabilities and Human Rights

Feminist Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Perspective from Joan Callahan on Vimeo.