G. S. Kirk (1921–2003)

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1. Ludwig Wittgenstein

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2. Plato

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3. Martin Heidegger

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4. Edmund Husserl

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5. Walter Burkert

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6. G. S. Kirk

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7. W. K. C. Guthrie

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8. Immanuel Kant

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9. M. I. Finley

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10. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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11. E.R. Dodds

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12. Aristotle

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13. Homer

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14. Sophocles

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15. Virgil

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16. John Burnet

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17. Richard Janko

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18. Mark W. Edwards

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19. P. F. Strawson

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20. Alfred Heubeck

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