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Ancient Greek philosophy arose in the 6th century BC. Philosophy was used to make sense of the world using reason. It dealt with a wide variety of subjects, including astronomy , epistemology , mathematics , political philosophy , ethics , metaphysics , ontology , logic , biology , rhetoric and aesthetics .
Pyrrhonism is an Ancient Greek school of philosophical skepticism which rejects dogma and advocates the suspension of judgement over the truth of all beliefs. It was founded by Aenesidemus in the first century BCE, and said to have been inspired by the teachings of Pyrrho and Timon of Phlius in the fourth century BCE.
Anaxagoras was born in the town of Clazomenae in the early 5th century BCE, [2] where he may have been born into an aristocratic family. [3] [2] He arrived at Athens, either shortly after the Persian war (in which he may have fought on the Persian side), [4] or at some point when he was a bit older, around 456 BCE. [2]
Robert Hahn (born in New York City, 25 August 1952) is an American philosopher and he is a Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, since 2002.. Hahn teaches interests and specialties which include ancient Greek philosophy, history of philosophy, science (astronomy and mathematics - especially geometry), Kant, modern philosophy, ethics, and log
The Peripatetic school (Ancient Greek: Περίπατος lit. ' walkway ') was a philosophical school founded in 335 BC by Aristotle in the Lyceum in ancient Athens.It was an informal institution whose members conducted philosophical and scientific inquiries.
Sean D. Kirkland is an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at DePaul University. He is known for his expertise on Ancient Greek Philosophy . Kirkland won the 2013 Symposium Book Award for his monograph The Ontology of Socratic Questioning in Platos Early Dialogues .
Ousia (/ ˈ uː z i ə, ˈ uː s i ə, ˈ uː ʒ ə, ˈ uː ʃ ə /; Ancient Greek: οὐσία) is a philosophical and theological term, originally used in ancient Greek philosophy, then later in Christian theology. It was used by various ancient Greek philosophers, like Plato and Aristotle, as a primary designation for philosophical concepts ...
Antisthenes was born c. 446 BCE, the son of Antisthenes, an Athenian.His mother was thought to have been a Thracian, [3] though some say a Phrygian, an opinion probably derived from his sarcastic reply to a man who reviled him as not being a genuine Athenian citizen, that the mother of the gods was a Phrygian [4] (referring to Cybele, the Anatolian counterpart of the Greek goddess Rhea). [5]