Proto-anarchists

Laozi (, ; ), formerly Latinized as Laocius, was a legendary Chinese philosopher considered to be the author of the Tao Te Ching (Pinyin: Dào Dé Jīng), one of the foundational texts of Taoism. Modern scholarship generally regards his biographical details as later inventions and his opus a collaboration of various writers, with the name Laozi, literally meaning 'Old Master', likely intended to portray an archaic anonymity that could converse with Confucianism. Traditional accounts addend him as , born in the 6th-centuryBC state of Chu during China's Spring and Autumn period (). Serving as the r

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)

Chinese Taoist philosopher (c. 369–286 BC)

French judge, writer and philosopher

French political agitator and journalist (1760-1797)

American social reformer, philosopher, inventor, musician, and author (1798–1874)

French writer and philosopher (1750-1803)

ancient Athenian philosopher

English reformer and activist (1609-1676)

Prussian noble (1755-1794)

Chinese anarchist philosopher

independent units composed of former Hussite fighters