“Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this particular.
Its chief use is only to discover the constant and universal principles of human nature.”
-David Hume
Effluo Goal Planning Framework is built on the study of the universal principles of human nature. The study of human nature was based on historical figures that changed the world. Specifically focusing on what made these people succeed in achieving their goals and making an impact on this world.
Historical Figures That Were Studied
The people studied for the framework development were great teachers, philosophers, statesmen, authors, artists, orators, and reformers. They all had one thing in common, they left a mark on history and humankind. While many of their contemporaries were forgotten, their greatness withstood the test of time.
- 970 – 931 BCE King Solomon
- 570 – 490 BCE Pythagoras
- 551 – 497 BCE Confucius
- 470 – 399 BCE Socrates
- 427 – 347 BCE Plato
- 384 – 322 BCE Aristotle
- 4 BCE – 65 CE Seneca
- 121 – 180 Marcus Aurelius
- 370 – 415 Hypatia
- 480 – 547 Saint Benedict
- 848 – 899 King Alfred The Great
- 1048 – 1131 Omar Khayyam
- 1207 – 1273 Rumi
- 1466 – 1536 Erasmus
- 1561 – 1626 Francis Bacon
- 1596 – 1650 Rene Descartes
- 1660 – 1731 Daniel Defoe
- 1694 – 1778 Voltaire
- 1706 – 1790 Benjamin Franklin
- 1724 – 1804 Immanuel Kant
- 1775 – 1817 Jane Austen
- 1797 – 1851 Mary W. Shelley
- 1803 – 1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 1807 – 1882 Henry Longfellow
- 1817 – 1862 Henry David Thoreau
- 1856 – 1915 Booker T. Washington
- 1905 – 1997 Viktor E. Frankl