Ancient philosophy

This page lists some links to ancient philosophy. In Europe, the spread of Christianity through the Roman world marked the end of Hellenistic philosophy and ushered in the beginnings of Medieval philosophy.

Classical Greece

• Pericles (495-429)
• Aspasia (469-406)
• Socrates(469-399)
• Euclid of Megara (450-380)
• Antisthenes (445-360)
• Aristippus (435-356)
• Plato (429-347)
• Xenophon (429-355)
• Speusippus (407-339)
• Diogenes of Sinope (400-325)
• Xenocrates (396-314)
• Aristotle (384-322)
• Stilpo (380-300)
• Theophrastus (370-288)
• Pyrrho (365-275)
• Epicurus (341-270)
• Zeno of Citium (365-263)
• Cleanthes (331-232)
• Timon (320-230)
• Arcesilaus (316-232)
• Menippus (3rd century BC)
• Archimedes (circa 287 BC - 212 BC)
• Chrysippus (280-207)
• Carneades (214-129)
• Philo of Larissa (160-80)
• Posidonius (135-51)
• Cicero (106-43)
• Aenesidemus (1st century BC)
• Lucretius (94-55 BC)
• Philo of Alexandria (30 BC - 45 AD)
• Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)
• Musonius Rufus (30 AD - 100)
• Plutarch (45-120)
• Epictetus (55-135)
• Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
• Clement of Alexandria (150-215)
• Alcinous (2nd cnetury AD)
• Sextus Empiricus (3rd century AD)
• Alexander of Aphrodisias (3rd century AD)
• Ammonius Saccas (3rd century AD)
• Plotinus (205-270)
• Porphyry (232-304)
• Iamblichus (242-327)
• Themistius (317-388)
• Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
• Proclus (411-485)
• Damascius (462-540)
• Boethius (472-524)
• Simplicius of Cilicia (490-560)