Philosophy

study of questions concerning being, thought, knowledge, and conduct for which no objective answers have been established, using logical reasoning

24 dated entries naming Philosophy, drawn from 24 separate years between 487 BCE and 890 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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5th century BC

487 BCEGorgias, Greek philosopher (approximate date) (d. c. 376 BC)source
481 BCEProtagoras, Greek presocratic philosopher (d. c. 420 BC)source
480 BCEXenophanes, Greek philosopher (b. 570 BC)source
479 BCEConfucius, Chinese philosopher (b. 551 BC)source
470 BCEMozi (or Mo Tzu), Chinese philosopher (d. c. 391)source
420 BCEProtagoras, Greek presocratic philosopher (b. c. 490 BC)source

4th century BC

372 BCEMencius, Chinese philosopher (d. c. 289 BC)source
310 BCEXun Zi, Chinese philosopher (approximate date) (d. c. 230 BC)source

3rd century BC

287 BCEArchimedes of Syracuse, Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer and philosopher (approximate date) (d. c. 212 BC)source
279 BCEChrysippus, Greek Stoic philosopher (approximate date)source
238 BCEXun Zi, Chinese philosopher (approximate date)source
233 BCEHan Fei, Chinese philosopher who, along with Li Si, has developed Xun Zi's philosophy into the doctrine embodied by the School of Law (or Legalism) (b. c. 280 BC)source
206 BCEChrysippus, Greek Stoic philosopher (approximate date)source

4th century

350Plutarch of Athens, Greek philosopher (approximate date);source
400Hypatia, Greek philosopher, distinguishes herself as one of the first female scientists and becomes head of the Neo-Platonist school at Alexandria.source

5th century

430Plutarch of Athens, Greek philosophersource
480Boethius, Roman philosopher and writer (d. 524)source
490John Philoponus, Aristotelian commentator and philosopher (d. 570)source

6th century

524Boethius, Roman philosopher and writer (b. 480)source
525Boethius, Roman philosopher and writer (or 524)source

8th century

788Adi Shankara, Indian philosopher and theologian (d. 832)source

9th century

820Anandavardhana, Indian philosopher (d. 890)source
860Vasugupta, Indian writer and philosopher (d. 925)source
890Anandavardhana, Indian philosopher (b. 820)source