ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY

The current section will focus on the Ancient Greek Philosophy.

You will find the necessary (historical) information as well as further sources that will allow you to extend your research.



The Western philosophical tradition began in ancient Greece...

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Presocratics

A new period of philosophy opens with the Athenian Socrates (469-399 BCE)...

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Socrates

Both aspects of the genius of Socrates were first united in Plato of Athens...

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Plato

The most important among Plato's disciples is Aristotle of Stagira (384-322 BCE)...

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Aristotle

Such were the aims of Stoicism, founded by Athens about 310 by Zeno of Citium (in Cyprus)...

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Stoicism

The same goal which was aimed at in Stoicism was also approached, from a diametrically opposite...

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Epicureanism

The practical tendency of Stoicism and Epicureanism, seen in the search for happiness...

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Scepticism

The closing period of Greek philosophy is marked in the third century CE. by the establishment of...

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Neoplatonism


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This section focuses on Ancient Greek Scientists like Mathematicians, Astronomers, Physicists, Biologists and so forth.

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