Great thinkers are like great prophets, able to see through the development of events, reveal the nature of the operation of human society, and help people actively explore a harmonious and happy life. Only when the ideas of intellectuals with a sense of justice and profound knowledge are respected and protected can this nation maintain the momentum of vigorous development.

In the square of the National Library of Great Britain in London, England, stand the statues of the world's top ten thinkers. These top ten thinkers lead the development and trend of society, and two of them are Chinese. In many countries and media around the world, Aristotle, Plato, Confucius, and Kant are regarded as the four famous thinkers.

The top ten thinkers in the world are Confucius, Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Copernicus, Bacon, Newton, Voltaire, Kant, and Laozi.

In Western culture, contributions to great thinkers are described as follows:

Plato is the greatest philosopher in ancient Greece. He created the system of objective idealism and is also a famous One of the most important thinkers in history, he is known as the three major philosophers of ancient Greece together with his teachers Socrates and Aristotle. It has a profound influence on later philosophy.

The ancient Greek thinker and philosopher Aristotle separated philosophy from other disciplines for the first time. Marx praised him as the most knowledgeable figure in ancient philosophy, and Engels praised him as the ancient Hegel.

Thomas Aquinas was a great theologian and philosopher in medieval Italy, and the author of the "Summa Theologica". This book is called the Encyclopedia of Christianity. The five theories he proposed to prove the existence of God also had a profound impact on later generations.

Bacon was a famous British thinker and philosopher, a pioneer of modern experimental science, and an empiricist. His worldview is based on this world, and it is not based on some false and illusory future.

Copernicus was a great Polish astronomer and thinker. He not only created the heliocentric theory, but also powerfully impacted the church's cosmology, freeing astronomy and science as a whole from the shackles of the church.

Kant is also a famous German thinker and philosopher. Among them, the "Critique of Pure Reason", the Critique of Practical Reason, and the Critique of Judgment are the three foundations of Kant's philosophical system.

Voltaire was a famous bourgeois Enlightenment thinker and writer in France in the 18th century. He advocated natural human rights and advocated that everyone is born equal and enjoys the right to happiness and freedom. Voltaire's famous saying is also popular: "Although I don't agree with your point of view, I will defend to the death your right to speak!" ?

Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC) was a famous educator, philosopher, and thinker in ancient my country. The Confucianism he founded was the foundation of China’s feudal thought for more than two thousand years and was also the foundation for the maintenance of feudalism. The cornerstone of the normal functioning of society, it also has an important impact on East Asian culture.

In addition, Laozi, a famous Chinese thinker, is also on the list. Laozi is the disseminator of Chinese Taoism, among which the thought of "inaction" is the foundation of Chinese Huang-Lao philosophy and has a profound influence on China's feudal society for more than two thousand years. The famous thinker Confucius once paid homage to Laozi twice and asked for advice and courtesy from him.