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Greek Philosopher: Aristotle

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Aristotle the most famous of all the Greek philosophers, was a disciple of Plato, after whose death he retired from Athens, and later undertook the education of Alexander, later known as Alexander the Great.... published 5 months ago

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Greek Philosopher: Socrates

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Born in Athens at the peak of the Athenian civilization. Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides were his contemporaries. He served for several years as a soldier. As a member of the Athenian Senate, he refused to... published 4 months ago

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Greek Philosopher: Epicurus

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The founder of the Epicurean philosophy in Athens in 306 BC, which taught that virtue should be followed because it leads to happiness and that good was pleasure and evil was pain. He began his studies with a... published 3 months ago

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Greek Philosopher: Empedocles

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Empedocles the son of Meton, was a Greek philosopher, statesman and scientist, born in Agrigentum, a Greek colony in Sicily. He was a disciple of the scholars Pythagoras and Parmenides. He is credited as being... published 2 months ago

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Greek Philosopher: Heraclitus

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Heraclitus was an early famous Greek philosopher, and a leading member of the so-called pre-Socratics. He was a descendant of the royal line of his native city and it is probably that he help temporal and... published 2 months ago

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Greek Philosopher: Anaximander

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The son of Praxiades. He was the first discoverer of the gnomon (the part of a sundial that casts the shadow) and he placed some in Lacadaemon on the sundials there. He was the first person to draw a map of... published 2 months ago

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Greek Philosopher: Democritus

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The Greek philosopher to whom the conception of the Atomic theory is attributed. He visualised atoms - the word is Greek for 'indivisable' - as moving through space, then colliding to form the universe and all... published 3 months ago

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Greek Philosopher: Anaxagoras

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Anaxagoras was a famous Greek philosopher and noted scientist of the Ionic School, among whose pupils were Socrates, Pericles and Euripides. According to his explanation of the universe, the permanent... published 2 months ago

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Greek Philosopher: Protagoras

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The most famous Greek philosopher before Socrates, who was a younger contemporary. Protagoras sought to teach men virtue in their daily lives, and summed up the basis of his own philosophy in the maxin 'Man is... published 2 months ago

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Greek Philosopher: Parmenides

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Greek philosopher of Elea, founder of the Eleatic school which believed in unity and continuity of being and unreality of change or motion. Parmenides was the son of Pyres and a native of Elea. Plato, in the... published 2 months ago

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