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This template is used to provide biographical information on anyone who might be considered a philosopher. If the philosopher held or holds a political or other public office (e.g. Alan Greenspan), {{Infobox officeholder}} is probably more suitable.
Usage
{{Infobox philosopher
| honorific_prefix =
| name = <!-- include middle initial, if not specified in birth_name -->
| native_name = <!-- add name in the philosopher's language or script if different from the English name -->
| honorific_suffix =
| image = <!-- filename only, i.e. without the File: (or Image:) prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] -->
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| other_names =
| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living persons, {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} for deceased. For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per [[WP:DOB]]. -->
| birth_place =
| death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per [[WP:INFONAT]] -->
| spouse =
| partner =
| children =
| family =
| relatives =
| education =
| alma_mater =
| occupation =
| notable_works = <!-- use "notable_works" in place of "books" parameter (deprecated) -->
| awards =
| signature =
| signature_type =
| signature_size =
| signature_alt =
| era =
| region =
| school_tradition =
| institutions =
| thesis_title = <!--(or | thesis1_title = and | thesis2_title = )-->
| thesis_url = <!--(or | thesis1_url = and | thesis2_url = )-->
| thesis_year = <!--(or | thesis1_year = and | thesis2_year = )-->
| doctoral_advisor = <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )-->
| academic_advisors =
| doctoral_students =
| notable_students =
| language =
| main_interests =
| notable_ideas =
| website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
}}To use this template, copy the text above to the top of a biography article. Note that parameter names are lowercase.
Example
{{Infobox philosopher
| era = [[Ancient Greek philosophy]]
| image = Plato Silanion Musei Capitolini MC1377.jpg
| caption = Roman copy of a portrait [[Bust (sculpture)|bust]] {{circa|370 BC}}
| name = Plato
| birth_date = 428/427 or 424/423 BC
| birth_place = [[Classical Athens|Athens]], Greece
| death_date = 348 BC (aged {{circa|75-76 or 79-80}})
| death_place = Athens, Greece
| school_tradition = [[Platonic Academy]]
| notable_students = [[Aristotle]]
| main_interests ={{hlist|[[Platonic epistemology|Epistemology]]| [[Metaphysics]]|[[Plato's political philosophy|Political philosophy]]}}
| notable_works =
{{Flatlist}}
* ''[[Euthyphro]]''
* ''[[Apology (Plato)|Apology]]''
* ''[[Crito]]''
* ''[[Phaedo]]''
* ''[[Meno]]''
* ''[[Protagoras (dialogue)|Protagoras]]''
* ''[[Gorgias (dialogue)|Gorgias]]''
* ''[[Symposium (Plato)|Symposium]]''
* ''[[Phaedrus (dialogue)|Phaedrus]]''
* ''[[Parmenides (dialogue)|Parmenides]]''
* ''[[Theaetetus (dialogue)|Theaetetus]]''
* ''[[Republic (Plato)|Republic]]''
* ''[[Timaeus (dialogue)|Timaeus]]''
* ''[[Laws (dialogue)|Laws]]''
{{Endflatlist}}
| notable_ideas =
{{Flatlist}}
*[[Allegory of the cave]]
*[[Cardinal virtues]]
*[[Form of the Good]]
*[[Theory of forms]]
*[[Plato's theory of soul|Divisions of the soul]]
*[[Platonic love]]
*[[Platonic solids]]
{{Endflatlist}}}}Parameters
All parameters are optional, and if left blank will not appear in the infobox:
- era should be selected from Category:Philosophy by period
- region should be selected from Category:Philosophy by region
- school_tradition should be selected from Category:Philosophical schools and traditions or List of schools of philosophy
- Entries in notable ideas should be explained in the main text of the article. Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.
- For living people supply only the year for birth date unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. Treat such cases as if only the year is known, so use {{birth year and age}} or a similar option.
For usage of other parameters, see Template:Infobox person/doc.
Microformat
The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.
Sub-templates
Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.
To include a URL, use {{URL}}.
Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.
Classes
hCard uses HTML classes including:
- adr
- agent
- bday
- birthplace
- category
- country-name
- deathdate
- deathplace
- extended-address
- family-name
- fn (required)
- given-name
- honorific-prefix
- honorific-suffix
- label
- locality
- n
- nickname
- note
- org
- role
- url
- vcard
Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.
Tracking categories
- Category:Pages using infobox philosopher with unknown parameters (0)
- Category:Pages using infobox philosopher with conflicting parameters (0)
- Category:No local image but image on Wikidata (4) – Used by Template:Wikidata image to track articles where an infobox has no image but Wikidata has an image name. To exclude articles from this category, add an image or
|nocat_wdimage=yesto the infobox.
See also
- {{Infobox scientist}}
- {{Infobox theologian}}