Timeline of Western philosophers

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Timeline of Eastern | Western philosophers

This is a list of

philosophers
from the Western tradition of philosophy.

Western philosophers

Ancient Greece

600–500 BC

  • Milesian school
    . Believed that all was made of water.
  • Pherecydes of Syros (c. 620 – c. 550 BC). Cosmologist.
  • Milesian school
    . Famous for the concept of Apeiron, or "the boundless".
  • Milesian school
    . Believed that all was made of air.
  • Pythagoras of Samos (c. 580 – c. 500 BC). Of the Ionian School. Believed the deepest reality to be composed of numbers, and that souls are immortal.
  • Eleatic
    school.
  • Heraclitus of Ephesus (c. 535 – c. 475 BC). Of the Ionians. Emphasized the mutability of the universe.
  • Epicharmus
    of Kos (c. 530 – 450 BC). Comic playwright and moralist.
  • Parmenides of Elea (c. 515 – 450 BC). Of the Eleatics. Reflected on the concept of Being.
  • Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (c. 500 – 428 BC). Of the Ionians. Pluralist.

400 BC

Hellenistic era

300–200 BC

Classical Rome

100 BC–100 AD

100–400

Middle Ages

500–900

1000–1100

1200–1300

1400

Early modern period

1500

1600

1700

Modern philosophers

1800–1850

1850–1900

1900–1950

1950–2000

See also

References

  • Kemerling, Garth (2002). "Timeline of Western Philosophers". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) http://www.philosophypages.com
  • LaFave, Sandra (2006). "Chronological List of Western Philosophers". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) http://lafavephilosophy.x10host.com/CRONLIST.htm
  • Russell, Bertrand (1959). Wisdom of the West. London: Rathbone Books, Ltd.

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