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In the last episode, it was revealed that the chickens all shared their names
with famous philosophers.

  * Husserl
  * Confucius
  * Roger
  * Makuzu
  * Jonathan.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8fq2l.jpg)

I was able to find most of the references fairly easily, but the origin of
Jonathan's name eludes me:

  * **Edmun Husserl** , who established the school of _phenomenology_

![Edmun Husserl](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fZRKms.jpg)

  * **Confucius** , the very famous Chinese philosopher.

![Confucius](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sIU0ws.jpg)

  * **Roger Bacon** , a Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empirical methods.

![Roger Bacon](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CIugTs.jpg)

  * **Tadano Makuzu** , a poet and philosopher who wrote important commentaries on Japan's social and political problems.

![Tadano Makuzu](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9SmMD.jpg)

Which philosopher was Jonathan - presumably the central chicken in the above
picture - named after?

I was able to find several philosophers named Jonathan, but most of them are
still alive, and much more recent than the other philosophers.


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Which philosopher was Jonathan named after?


Assuming that all the chickens are related to Touko's friends, it becomes
quite obvious who Jonathan is meant to represent.

Kakeru reminds Touko of Michelangelo's "David" and is often referred to by
that name. In the Biblical story of David, his best friend is a man named
Jonathan.

Jonathan is not a philosopher, but in the same way, Kakeru is not friends with
Touko's other friends. It separates him from the others and Touko does pay
more attention to that chicken.


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