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The lives of 26 philosophers, placed in time

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Thales

c. 624 BCE – c. 546 BCE

Anaximander

c. 610 BCE – c. 546 BCE

Anaximenes

c. 586 BCE – c. 526 BCE

Pythagoras

c. 570 BCE – c. 495 BCE

Xenophanes

c. 570 BCE – c. 478 BCE

Heraclitus

c. 535 BCE – c. 475 BCE

Parmenides

c. 515 BCE – c. 450 BCE

Anaxagoras

c. 500 BCE – c. 428 BCE

Zeno of Elea

c. 495 BCE – c. 430 BCE

Empedocles

c. 494 BCE – c. 434 BCE

Protagoras

c. 490 BCE – c. 420 BCE

Gorgias

c. 483 BCE – c. 375 BCE

Leucippus

c. 480 BCE (disputed) – c. 420 BCE (disputed)

Socrates

c. 470 BCE – 399 BCE

Democritus

c. 460 BCE – c. 370 BCE

Antisthenes

c. 445 BCE – c. 365 BCE

Aristippus of Cyrene

c. 435 BCE – c. 356 BCE

Plato

c. 428 BCE – c. 348 BCE

Diogenes

c. 412 BCE – c. 323 BCE

Aristotle

384 BCE – 322 BCE

Theophrastus

c. 371 BCE – c. 287 BCE

Pyrrho

c. 365 BCE – c. 275 BCE

Epicurus

341 BCE – 270 BCE

Zeno of Citium

c. 334 BCE – c. 262 BCE

Chrysippus

c. 279 BCE – c. 206 BCE

Carneades

c. 214 BCE – c. 129 BCE