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<b>They may not think the same, but they kinda look the same.</b> Right?

They may not think the same, but they kinda look the same. Right?

Can You Tell The Difference Between A Polygamist And Famous Philosopher?

He's the founder of the Mormon faith, and was rumored to have had 33 wives in addition to his first wife, Emma.

That's Joseph Smith, Jr!

Does this gentleman belong in academia or...?

Simone didn't consider herself a philosopher, but her writings had a significant influence on feminist existentialism and theory.

That's French writer, intellectual, and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir!

Does this woman have sister wives?

This polygamist had 56 wives. Including five who had formerly been married to Joseph Smith, and a mother-daughter duo.


Hello, Brigham Young!

Is this a man devoted to his wives, or ideas?

Locke is one of the most famous political thinkers, and is directly responsible for Thomas JeffersonÃƒÂ¢Ã‚â‚¬Ã‚â„¢s Declaration of Independence rhetoric.

Meet the "Father of Liberalism," John Locke!

Can you count the number of wives this man had on one hand?

Revolutionary Philosopher. Wrote the Rights of Man.

This is political theorist and revolutionary, Tom Paine!

Did this man create the Fundamentalist Mormon movement?

Heber C. Kimball was a bit of a reluctant polygamist, to be fair. He eventually married 43 wives, but is reported to have only had intimacy with 17 of those. OK, 17 is still a lot, to be fair.

This is a Poly!

Poly or Philo?

Along with his good pals ÃƒÆ’Ã‚â€°mile Durkheim and Karl Marx, that is. Oh, and he only had one wife! A good woman named Marianne.

Max Weber is one of the architects of sociology.

Is this man's beard filled with social theory?!

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) is still currently led by Jeffs. That in spite of his 2011 conviction on two felony counts of child sexual assault.

This is Warren Jeffs, the current president of the FLDS.

Do you think this man knows what plural marriage means?

He taught at Cambridge and worked primarily in the philosophy of mathematics, logic, the philosophy of mind, and language.

Ludwig Wittgenstein was an Austrian-British philosopher.

Think this fella knows a thing or two about symbolic logic?

She's been called the first plural wife of Joseph Smith, Jr., and then remarried to Brigham Young upon Joseph's passing.

Meet Louisa Beaman Smith Young!

What's going through this woman's mind?

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Can You Tell The Difference Between A Polygamist And Famous Philosopher?

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