Thales of Miletus was a Greek philosopher and one of the seven sages of antiquity. Aristotle considered him to be the first philosopher and his …
Who Was The First Philosopher in the Western Tradition?
A philosopher, astronomer and legendary mathematician, this ancient Greek philosopher set the basis of Western thought. Click here to find out who is the Father of Western Philosophy.
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Heraclitus was a Greek philosopher who lived in Ephesus of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) some time in the 6th century BCE. He is one of the most …
Socrates, Aristotle and Plato are by far the most famous Greek philosophers commonly associated with the Greek classical period. Yet, these …
If the concerns of Classical Greek Philosophy were reduced to three words, they’d be truth, beauty, and goodness. Thoughtful observation of the …
The great Greek philosophers first theorized ideas about ethics, metaphysics, politics, and even theatre. But what were their beliefs pertaining to …
The work above depicts a scene of ancient Greek philosophy. Aristotle walks with his teacher and mentor Plato (whose appearance is modeled on …
Plato’s Ion is the Greek philosopher’s shortest dialogue and truly one of his weirdest texts. There, Ion a professional reciter of epic poetry debates …