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80Greek Philosopher: Epicurus
Epicurus was a Greek philosopher, founder of the Epicurean school. Although only fragments of his works remain, his loyal disciples passed on his doctrines of friendship, peace of mind, and spiritual enjoyment as goals of the good life.
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80Greek Philosopher: Thales
Thales (634 B.C. to 546 B.C.) was the first known Greek philosopher and scientist. Traditionally known as the father of philosophy, he also invented theoretical geometry and abstract astronomy and was the first of the Seven Sages of Greece. It is...
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80Greek Philosopher: Aristotle
Aristotle the most famous of all the Greek philosophers, was a disciple of Plato, after whose death he retired from Athens, and later undertook the education of Alexander, later known as Alexander the Great. Subsequently at Athens he established the...
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73Greek Philosopher: Pyrrho
A system of skeptic philosophy taught by Pyrrho of Elis founder of Pyrrhonian school, holding that nothing can be certainly known and that suspension of judgement is true wisdom and the source of happiness. Its central doctrine concerns the...
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76Greek Philosopher: Antisthenes
Greek philosopher, founder of the school of philosophy called Cynicism. He was born in Athens and became a disciple of Socrates. Antisthenes taught in the gymnasium known as the Cynosarges outside Athens; his followers were called Cynics,...
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80Greek Philosopher: Diogenes
The celebrated Greek cynic philosopher who is said to have lived in a tub, wearing the coarsest clothing and living on the plainest food. Many of his sayings have been preseved, and serve for occasional quotation. Diogenes was born in Sinope, in...
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71Greek Philosopher: Anaximander
The son of Praxiades. He was the first discoverer of the gnomon (the part of a sundial that casts the shadow) and he placed some in Lacadaemon on the sundials there. He was the first person to draw a map of...
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72Greek Philosopher: Xenophon
Xenophon was a Greek historian, soldier, essayist and philosopher. A pupil of Socrates. In 401 he joined the Greek mercenary army in an expedition of Persian prince Cyrus against Artaxerxes, and was elected...
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87Greek Philosopher: Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras was a famous Greek philosopher and noted scientist of the Ionic School, among whose pupils were Socrates, Pericles and Euripides. According to his explanation of the universe, the permanent...
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70Roman Philosopher - Seneca
Great Roman philosopher, politician and writer, who was tutor to the emperor Nero. Seneca's fame rests upon his writings. They have been variously estimated by critics, but all agree as to their clear and forcible style. They consist of ten Dialogues, 124 Moral Letters to Lucilius, the Apocolocyntosis (Pumpkinification) of Claudius, a group of Moral Essays which include the 'De Beneficiis' and 'Naturales Quaestiones", and nine Tragedies.
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