Top Ten Ancient Greek Philosophers
The Top Ten
1 Socrates
Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher, of the Western ethical tradition of thought.
Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher, of the Western ethical tradition of thought.
2 Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece.
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece.
3 Democritus
4 Plato
Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.
Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.
5 Leucippus
6 Epicurus
7 Heraclites
8 Protagoras
9 Archimedes
Archimedes of Syracuse was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer.
Archimedes of Syracuse was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. He's not a philosopher, he's one of the most important people in physics.
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10 Pythagoras
Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and the putative founder of the movement called Pythagoreanism.
Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and the putative founder of the movement called Pythagoreanism.The Contenders
11 Diogenes of Sinope
Diogenes the cynic is the most practical philosopher
12 Sophocles
Sophocles (c. 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC) is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote 120 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have ...read more.
Sophocles (c. 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC) is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote 120 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have ...read more.
13 Plotinus
14 Anaxagoras
15 Parmenides
16 Empedokles
17 Diotima of Mantinea
18 Prodicus
19 Archelaus
20 Epictetus
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