Philosopher Timeline
A list of all the philosophers and schools in chronological order
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Thales
School: Milesian
6th Century BC
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Pythagoras
School: Pythagorean
6th Century BC
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Heraclitus
School: Ionian
5th Century BC
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Xenophanes
School: Eleatic
5th Century BC
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Epicharmus of Kos
School: Pythagorean
5th Century BC
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Parmenides
School: Eleatic
5th Century BC
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Anaxagoras
School: Pluralist
5th Century BC
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Ion of Chios
School: Pythagorean
5th Century BC
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Protagoras
School: Sophist
5th Century BC
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Socrates
School: Socratic
5th Century BC
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Simon the Shoemaker
School: Socratic
5th Century BC
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Euenus
School: Sophist
5th Century BC
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Prodicus
School: Sophist
4th Century BC
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Gorgias
School: Sophist
4th Century BC
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Democritus
School: Atomist
4th Century BC
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Antisthenes
School: Cynic
4th Century BC
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Aristippus
School: Cyrenaic
4th Century BC
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Archytas
School: Pythagorean
4th Century BC
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Plato
School: Academic
4th Century BC
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Aristoxenus
School: Peripatetic
4th Century BC
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Diogenes
School: Cynic
4th Century BC
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Aristotle
School: Peripatetic
4th Century BC
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Xenocrates
School: Academic
4th Century BC
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Metrocles
School: Cynic
4th Century BC
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Monimus
School: Cynic
4th Century BC
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Demetrius Phalereus
School: Peripatetic
3th Century BC
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Pyrrho
School: Pyrrhonist
3th Century BC
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Epicurus
School: Epicurean
3th Century BC
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Zeno of Citium
School: Stoic
3th Century BC
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Bion of Borysthenes
School: Cynic
3th Century BC
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Chrysippus
School: Stoic
3th Century BC
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Aristo of Chios
School: Stoic
3th Century BC
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Sotion
School: Neopythagorean
2th Century BC
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Apollonius of Tyana
School: Neopythagorean
1th Century AD
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Plutarch
School: Middle-Platonic
2th Century AD
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Epictetus
School: Stoic
2th Century AD