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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

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Ancient Greece

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600–500 BC

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  • Thales of Miletus (c. 624 – 546 BC). Of the Milesian school. Believed that all was made of water.
  • Pherecydes of Syros (c. 620 – c. 550 BC). Cosmologist.
  • Anaximander of Miletus (c. 610 – 546 BC). Of the Milesian school. Famous for the concept of Apeiron, or "the boundless".
  • Anaximenes of Miletus (c. 585 – 525 BC). Of the 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.
  • Xenophanes of Colophon (c. 570 – 480 BC). Advocated monotheism. Sometimes associated with the 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

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Hellenistic era

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300–200 BC

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Classical Rome

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100 BC–100 AD

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100–400

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Middle Ages

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500–900

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1000–1100

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1200–1300

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1400

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Early modern period

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1500

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1600

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1700

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Modern philosophers

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1800–1850

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1850–1900

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1900–1950

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1950–2000

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See also

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References

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  • 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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