History Of Western Philosophy Timeline
This timeline of western philosophy is created as one long image to give an idea of the relative scale and the clusters of activity in philosophical thought.
History of western philosophy timeline. Western philosophy by which we usually mean everything apart from the eastern philosophy of china india japan persia etc really began in ancient greece in about the 6th century b c. All western philosophers prior to socrates are known as the presocratics. Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time the history of western philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration of the ideologies of significant philosophers throughout the ages from plato and.
354 430 was an algerian roman philosopher and theologian of the late roman early medieval period. Thales of miletus c. Western philosophers greek philosophers 600 500 bce.
Hailed as lucid and magisterial by the observer this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one volume work on the subject of western philosophy. The eastern philosophy of many asian civilizations offers us another perspective on the world. Western philosophy history of western philosophy from its development among the ancient greeks to the present.
585 525 bce. Pherecydes of syros c. 800 500 bc when greek thinkers broke with purely mythological explanations of the world by attempting to explain nature logically.
History timeline philosophers locke history of western philosophy the pages of this section offer a narrative survey of the historical development of western philosophy. 610 546 bce. This article has three basic purposes.
The names are clickable links. Of the milesian school believed that all was made of water. 1 to provide an overview of the history of philosophy in the west 2 to relate philosophical ideas and movements to their historical background and to the cultural history of their time and 3 to trace the changing conception of the.
Apparently the first to do so was thales the father of western philosophy who initiated a. Thales of miletus is usually considered the first proper philosopher although he was just as concerned with natural philosophy what we now call science as with philosophy as we know it. Although some sections are nearly complete this remains a work in progress.
Many of the concepts and ideas of both western and eastern thought have its origins in the writings of key figures throughout history. A chronological listing of figures in the history of western philosophy linked to additional information on each. Augustine of hippo a d.
Anaximenes of miletus c. 624 546 bce. He is one of the most important early figures in the development of western christianity and was a major figure in bringing christianity to dominance in the previously pagan roman empire.
For more details on dates and historical eras and periods see the section by historical period.
