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Courses Arts & Literature Philosophy

History of Philosophy: 1. Thales to Plato

This is a list of the philosophers one would expect to encounter in a standard university course in the history of western philosophy. I have gone beyond just listing names and dates and indicated one or two ideas characteristic of each philosopher.

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Sixth Century B.C.
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The Ionians
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Early Fifth Century B.C.
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Parmenides, Zeno, Melissus
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Anaxagoras, Empedocles, Leucippus, Democritus
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Sophists
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Sophism
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Socrates and Plato
 
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