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Ancient Philosophers
Philosophers from the ancient world (before 500 CE).
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Philosopher↕ | Born↕ | Birthplace↕ | Notable Work↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krishna | -3,227 | Mathura | — |
| Ptahhotep | -2,450 | — | The Maxims of Ptahhotep |
| Enheduanna | -2,300 | Akkadian Empire | The Exaltation of Inanna |
| Bharadwaja | -2,000 | — | — |
| Pippalada | -2,000 | — | — |
| Angiras | -1,500 | — | — |
| Vamadeva | -1,500 | — | — |
| Tian Zifang | -1,000 | — | — |
| Maitreyi | -1,000 | — | — |
| Parshvanatha | -871 | Varanasi | — |
| Yajnavalkya | -800 | — | — |
| Guan Zhong | -719 | Yingshang County | — |
| Epimenides of Crete | -700 | Knossos | — |
| Anacharsis | -700 | Scythia | — |
| Periander | -700 | Corinth | — |
| Gargi Vachaknavi | -700 | — | — |
| Myson of Chenae | -699 | — | — |
| Pittacus of Mytilene | -650 | Mytilene | — |
| Cleobulus of Lindos | -629 | Lindus | — |
| Solon | -629 | Classical Athens | — |
| Thales | -624 | Miletus | Thales' theorem |
| Aesop | -619 | Mesembria | Aesop's Fables |
| Anaximander | -609 | Miletus | apeiron |
| Theano | -600 | Crotone | — |
| Alcmaeon of Croton | -600 | Crotone | — |
| Hippasus | -600 | Metapontum | — |
| Damo | -600 | Crotone | — |
| Myia | -600 | Crotone | — |
| Hermodamas | -600 | Samos | — |
| Chilon of Sparta | -599 | Sparta | — |
| Mahapajapati Gotami | -599 | Devadaha | — |
| Bias of Priene | -599 | Priene | — |
| Mahavira | -598 | Vaishali | — |
| Anaximenes of Miletus | -584 | Miletus | — |
| Pythagoras | -582 | Samos | Pythagorean theorem |
| Laozi | -579 | Zhoukou | Tao Te Ching |
| Pherecydes of Syros | -579 | Syros | — |
| Xenophanes | -569 | Colophon | — |
| Śāriputra | -567 | Rajgir | — |
| Confucius | -550 | Qufu | Analects |
| Kapila | -550 | — | — |
| Mnesarchus | -550 | Crotone | — |
| Zichan | -550 | — | — |
| Aminias | -550 | — | — |
| Kṣemā | -550 | Sagala | — |
| Astone | -550 | Crotone | — |
| Zeng Dian | -545 | — | — |
| Deng Xi | -544 | — | — |
| Yan Wuyou | -544 | — | — |
| Sun Tzu | -543 | Qi | The Art of War |
| Ran Geng | -543 | — | — |
| Zilu | -542 | Lu | — |
| Epicharmus of Kos | -539 | Kos | — |
| Qidiao Kai | -539 | — | — |
| Min Sun | -535 | — | — |
| Heraclitus | -534 | Ephesus | — |
| Arignote | -530 | Samos | — |
| Wu Zixu | -525 | Jianli | — |
| Zai Yu | -521 | Lu | — |
| Ran Qiu | -521 | Lu | — |
| Ran Yong | -521 | — | — |
| Shang Qu | -521 | — | — |
| Yan Hui | -520 | Cai | — |
| Gao Chai | -520 | — | — |
| Fu Buqi | -520 | — | — |
| Wuma Shi | -520 | — | — |
| Shen Dang | -520 | — | — |
| Duanmu Ci | -519 | Wey | — |
| Gongye Chang | -518 | — | — |
| You Ruo | -517 | — | — |
| Parmenides | -514 | Velia | — |
| Yuan Xian | -514 | — | — |
| Tantai Mieming | -511 | — | — |
| Chen Kang | -510 | Mengcheng County | — |
| Lu Ban | -506 | — | — |
| Bu Shang | -506 | Henan | — |
| Yan Yan | -505 | — | — |
| Zengzi | -503 | China | — |
| Zhuansun Shi | -502 | — | — |
| The Buddha | -500 | Lumbini | — |
| Leucippus | -500 | Miletus | — |
| Timaeus of Locri | -500 | Epizephyrian Locris | — |
| Metrodorus of Chios | -500 | Chios | — |
| Phaedrus | -500 | Athens | — |
| Simmias of Thebes | -500 | — | — |
| Hippon | -500 | Rhegion | — |
| Lysis of Taras | -500 | Taranto | — |
| Archelaus | -500 | Athens | — |
| Huan Yuan | -500 | — | — |
| Ji Zhen | -500 | — | — |
| Jiezi | -500 | — | — |
| Cebes | -500 | Thebes | — |
| Peng Meng | -500 | — | — |
| Hermogenes | -500 | Alopeke | — |
| Cratylus | -500 | Athens | — |
| Polus | -500 | Acragas | — |
| Ximen Bao | -500 | China | — |
| Eurytus | -500 | Taranto | — |
| Timon of Athens | -500 | history of Athens | — |
| Cleinias of Tarentum | -500 | Taras | — |
| Chunyu Kun | -500 | — | — |
| Ajita Kesakambali | -500 | — | — |
| Cleombrotus of Ambracia | -500 | — | — |
| Xeniades | -500 | Corinth | — |
| Perictione | -500 | Athens | — |
| Tian Ba | -500 | — | — |
| Tian Pian | -500 | — | — |
| Eubulides | -500 | Miletus | — |
| Polemarchus | -500 | Syracuse | — |
| Alexamenus of Teos | -500 | Teos | — |
| Lacritus | -500 | Phaselis | — |
| Antiphon | -500 | Athens | — |
| Abrotelia | -500 | Taranto | — |
| Dong Wuxin | -500 | — | — |
| Yuezheng Zichun | -500 | — | — |
| Anaxagoras | -499 | Klazomenai | — |
| Metrodorus of Lampsacus | -499 | — | — |
| Echecrates of Phlius | -499 | Phlius | — |
| Fan Li | -499 | Chu | — |
| Acron | -499 | Acragas | — |
| Empedocles | -493 | Acragas | On Nature |
| Melissus of Samos | -490 | Samos | fragments |
| Protagoras | -489 | Ancient Abdera | — |
| Ion of Chios | -489 | Chios | — |
| Zeno of Elea | -489 | Velia | Zeno's paradoxes |
| Makkhali Gosala | -483 | — | — |
| Zisi | -482 | China | — |
| Euripides | -480 | Salamis Island | Medea |
| Tisias | -479 | Syracuse | — |
| Socrates | -469 | Athens | — |
| Philolaus | -469 | Crotone | — |
| Mozi | -469 | Lu | — |
| Aspasia | -469 | Miletus | — |
| Criton | -468 | Alopeke | — |
| Prodicus | -463 | Kea | — |
| Democritus | -460 | Miletus | quadratrix of Hippias |
| Hippocrates | -459 | Kos | — |
| Diogenes of Apollonia | -459 | Apollonia Pontica | — |
| Critias | -459 | Classical Athens | — |
| Thrasymachus | -458 | Chalcedon | — |
| Li Kui | -454 | Xia County | — |
| Euclid of Megara | -450 | Megara | — |
| Terpsion | -450 | — | — |
| Diotima of Mantinea | -450 | Mantineia | — |
| Diagoras of Melos | -450 | Milos | — |
| Euenus | -450 | Paros | — |
| Alcidamas | -450 | Elaea | Contest of Homer and Hesiod |
| Damon of Athens | -450 | Athens | — |
| Menexenus | -450 | — | — |
| Dionysodorus | -450 | Chios | — |
| Qin Guli | -450 | — | — |
| Aniruddha | -450 | Kapilavastu | — |
| Aristaeus of Croton | -450 | Crotone | — |
| Bryson of Achaea | -450 | Achaea Regional Unit | — |
| Aristodemus of Cydathenaeum | -450 | — | — |
| Epigenes | -450 | Kephisia | — |
| Thrasyalces of Thasus | -450 | Thasos | — |
| Lie Yukou | -449 | Zhengzhou | — |
| Antisthenes | -444 | Piraeus | — |
| Glaucon | -444 | Kollytos | — |
| Hippias | -442 | Elis | — |
| Wu Qi | -439 | Wey | Wuzi |
| Aristippus | -434 | Cyrene | — |
| Adeimantus of Collytus | -431 | Kollytos | — |
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