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This list of ancient Greek philosophers contains philosophers who studied in ancient Greece or spoke Greek. Ancient Greek philosophy began in Miletus with the pre-Socratic philosopher Thales[1][2] and lasted through Late Antiquity. Some of the most famous and influential philosophers of all time were from the ancient Greek world, including Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
↵Abbreviations used in this list:
- c. = circa
- fl. = flourished
Name | Life | School | Notes |
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Acrion | 5th/4th century BC | Pythagorean | visited by Plato |
Adrastus of Aphrodisias | 2nd century AD | Peripatetic | wrote commentaries on Aristotle's works and a commentary on Plato's Timaeus |
Aedesia | 5th century | Neoplatonic | wife of Hermias, and mother of Ammonius and Heliodorus |
Aedesius | 3rd/4th century | Neoplatonic | studied under Iamblichus before founding his own school in Pergamum |
Aeneas of Gaza | 5th/6th century | Neoplatonic | Christian convert who studied under Hierocles |
Aenesidemus | 1st century BC? | Pyrrhonist | wrote a book called Pyrrhonist Discourses which became a central text for the Pyrrhonists |
Aesara | 5th/4th century BC | Pythagorean | wrote On Human Nature, of which a fragment is preserved by Stobaeus |
Aeschines of Neapolis | 2nd/1st century BC | Academic skeptic | shared the leadership of the Academy at Athens together with Charmadas and Clitomachus about 110 BC |
Aeschines of Sphettus | 5th/4th century BC | Socratic | part of Socrates' circle and likely present at his death |
Aetius | 4th century AD | Peripatetic | Antiochean convert to Christianity who studied in Alexandria |
Agapius | 5th/6th century AD | Neoplatonic | studied under Marinus of Neapolis. known for his learning |
Agathobulus | 1st/2nd century AD | Cynic | known for his severe asceticism and teacher of Demonax |
Agathosthenes | uncertain date | geographer, historian or philosopher | referred to by Tzetzes as his authority in matters connected with geography. |
Agrippa the Skeptic | 1st/2nd century AD | Pyrrhonist | thought to be the creator of the "five grounds of doubt" |
Albinus | 2nd century AD | Middle Platonist | |
Alcibiades | 450-404 BC | Socratic | Athenian General and Politician |
Alcinous | 2nd century AD? | Middle Platonist | |
Alcmaeon of Croton | 5th century BC | Pythagorean | interested in medicine |
Alexamenus of Teos | 5th century BC? | Socratic | may have been the first to write philosophical dialogues |
Alexander of Aegae | 1st century AD | Peripatetic | tutored the emperor Nero |
Alexander of Aphrodisias | 2nd/3rd century AD | Peripatetic | influential commentator on the Corpus Aristotelicum |
Alexicrates | 1st/2nd century AD | Pythagorean | |
Alexinus | 4th/3rd century BC | Megarian | founded his own school which did not fare well |
Amelius | 3rd century AD | Neoplatonic | student of Plotinus who wrote voluminously |
Ammonius Hermiae | 5th/6th century AD | Neoplatonic | |
Ammonius of Athens | 1st century AD | Middle Platonist | teacher of Plutarch |
Ammonius Saccas | 2nd/3rd century AD | Neoplatonic | Plotinus' teacher |
Anaxagoras | 5th century BC | Pluralist | |
Anaxarchus | 4th century BC | Atomist | first Greek to attempt the problem of squaring the circle |
Anaxilaus | 1st century BC / 1st century AD | Pythagorean | Banished from Rome for practising magic |
Anaximander | 7th/6th century BC | Milesian | First to conceive a mechanical model of the world |
Anaximenes of Miletus | 6th century BC | Milesian | |
Androcydes | 2nd century BC? | Pythagorean | |
Andronicus of Rhodes | 1st century BC | Peripatetic | |
Anniceris | 4th/3rd century BC | Cyrenaic | |
Antiochus of Ascalon | 2nd/1st century BC | Middle Platonist | |
Antipater of Cyrene | 4th century BC | Cyrenaic | |
Antipater of Tarsus | 2nd century BC | Stoic | |
Antipater of Tyre | 1st century BC | Stoic | |
Antisthenes | 5th/4th century BC | Cynic | |
Antoninus | 4th century AD | Neoplatonic | |
Apollodorus of Athens | 2nd century BC | Stoic | |
Apollodorus of Seleucia | 2nd century BC | Stoic | |
Apollodorus the Epicurean | 2nd century BC | Epicurean | |
Apollonius Cronus | 4th century BC | Megarian | |
Apollonius of Tyana | 1st century AD | Neopythagorean | |
Apollonius of Tyre | 1st century BC | Stoic | |
Arcesilaus | 4th/3rd century BC | Academic skeptic | |
Archedemus of Tarsus | 2nd century BC | Stoic | |
Archelaus | 5th century BC | Pluralist | |
Archytas | 5th/4th century BC | Pythagorean | |
Arete of Cyrene | 4th century BC | Cyrenaic | |
Arignote | 6th/5th century BC | Pythagorean | |
Aristarchus of Samos | 4th/3rd century BC | Academic skeptic | presented the first known model that placed the Sun at the center of the known universe with the Earth revolving around it. |
Aristippus | 5th/4th century BC | Cyrenaic | |
Aristippus the Younger | 4th century BC | Cyrenaic | |
Aristoclea | fl. 6th century BC | ||
Aristocles of Messene | 1st century AD? | Peripatetic | |
Aristocreon | 3rd/2nd century BC | Stoic | |
Aristo of Alexandria | 2nd /1st century BC | Peripatetic | |
Aristo of Ceos | 3rd/2nd century BC | Peripatetic | |
Aristo of Chios | 4th/3rd century BC | Stoic | |
Aristotle | 4th century BC | Peripatetic | founder of Peripatetic school; student of Plato |
Aristotle of Cyrene | 4th/3rd century BC | Cyrenaic | |
Aristotle of Mytilene | 2nd century AD | Peripatetic | |
Aristoxenus | 4th century BC | Peripatetic | |
Arius Didymus | 1st century BC | Stoic | |
Asclepiades of Phlius | 4th/3rd century BC | Eretrian | |
Asclepiades the Cynic | 4th century AD | Cynic | |
Asclepigenia | 5th/6th century AD | Neoplatonic | |
Asclepiodotus | 1st century BC | ||
Asclepiodotus of Alexandria | 5th century AD | Neoplatonic | |
Aspasius | 2nd century AD | Peripatetic | |
Athenaeus of Seleucia | 1st century BC | Peripatetic | |
Athenodoros Cananites | 1st century BC | Stoic | |
Athenodoros Cordylion | 2nd /1st century BC | Stoic | |
Athenodorus of Soli | 3rd century BC | Stoic | |
Attalus | 1st century BC - 1st century AD | Stoic | |
Atticus | 2nd century AD | Middle Platonist | |
Basilides (Stoic) | 2nd century BC | Stoic | Denied the existence of incorporeal entities |
Basilides the Epicurean | 3rd/2nd century BC | Epicurean | Succeeded Dionysius of Lamptrai as the head of the Epicurean school at Athens |
Batis of Lampsacus | 3rd century BC | Epicurean | |
Bion of Borysthenes | 4th/3rd century BC | Cynic | Once was a slave, later to be released |
Boethus | 4th century BC | Platonist | |
Boethus the Epicurean | 1st century AD | Epicurean | |
Boethus of Sidon | 1st century BC | Peripatetic | |
Boethus of Sidon | 2nd century BC | Stoic | |
Bolus of Mendes | fl. 3rd century BC | Pythagorean | |
Brontinus | fl. 6th century BC | Pythagorean | |
Bryson of Achaea | fl. 330 BC | Megarian | |
Callicles | 5th century BCE | Sophist? | |
Calliphon | 2nd century BC | Peripatetic | |
Calliphon of Croton | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_ancient_Greek_philosophers