Ancient Philosophy

Democritus was born at Abdera, about 460 BCE, although according to some 490. His father was from a noble family

Aristotle is a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, making contributions to logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology, botany, ethics, politics,

Plato is one of the world’s best known and most widely read and studied philosophers. He was the student of

Socrates is one of the few individuals whom one could say has so-shaped the cultural and intellectual development of the

From Thales, who is often considered the first Western philosopher, to the Stoics and Skeptics, ancient Greek philosophy opened the