Well, Confucius is the most important thinker in China's history. His theoretics have profound influence to Chinese. I said he was a thinker because at that time there was not the concept of "philosopher". But he is a philosopher,I think. He also made contribution to education. He was an unsuccessful politician.

Yes, I can; but you should phrase the question as "Would you talk about...?", since it's a request. It's like when in school we would ask the teacher "can I go to the bathroom?" and she would answer back "I don't know, can you?" :-) And then we would remember: "May I...?"

Unfortunately, Russia doesn't have anyone close to such classics as Gegel, Shopengauer, Nitshe. (I am sorry for spelling, it might be wrong. :-( ). Still, it has some philosophers with pretty interesting theories. Let me point out a theory of Tolstoi. He is a famous Russian writer, but he also has a phylosophical principle which says that "people should never show violence in response to evil". If someone made something bad to you, do not punish him. He is a bad person, and you should not be similar to him. People have to exterminate all the evil on the Earth, not to multiply it. This theory clearly has roots in Christianity. Still, I find this idea of Tolstoi pretty original and important, and try to follow it as far as I can.

I'll talk a little about Caio Prado Júnior.He was a historian, geographer, writer,and political analyst. His works, opened in the country, a historiographical traditon identified with Marxism, seeking a different explanation of brazilian society. In 1942, published classic The Formation of Contemporary Brazil's colony, which should have been the first book of a collection about the historical evolution of Brazil, from the colonial period. However, the remaining volumes were never written. Nevertheless,his work is mandatory reading for some competitions aimed jobs.

Hi. Since Australia is a young nation compared to others, it is not considered to be known for its philosophers. A well known Australian philosopher is Raimond Gaita who is the Foundation Professor of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University and Professor of Moral Philosophy at King's College London. He is a also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Born in Germany in 1946 to a Romanian father (Romulus Gaita) and a German mother (Christine Anna Dörr), he arrived in Australia in 1950 at the age of four. His childhood and the lives of his family members and close friends are heavily detailed in his award winning memoir " Romulus, My Father", which was made into an award winning film starring Eric Bana (Romulus), Franka Potente (Christine), Kodi Smit-McPhee (Raimond) and Marton Csokas (Hora). I have taught this book for many years in my senior English classes Gaita has contributed extensively to public discussion about reconciliation, collective responsibility, the role of moral considerations in politics, genocide, education (the nature of teaching as a vocation, the role of love in learning) and about the plight of the universities. Most recently he has been active in speaking and writing against the use of torture. [ Source: Wikipedia]