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This page lists some links to ancient philosophy. In Western philosophy, the spread of
Christianity through the Roman Empire marked the ending of Hellenistic philosophy and ushered
in the beginnings of Medieval philosophy, whereas in Eastern philosophy, the spread of Islam
through the Arab Empire marked the end of Old Iranian philosophy and ushered in the
beginnings of early Islamic philosophy.
Contents
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 1 Ancient Chinese philosophy
o 1.1 Schools of thought
 1.1.1 Hundred Schools of Thought
 1.1.2 Early Imperial China
o 1.2 Philosophers
 2 Ancient Greek philosophy
o 2.1 Philosophers
 2.1.1 Presocratic philosophers
 2.1.2 Classical Greek philosophers
 2.1.3 Hellenistic philosophy
o 2.2 Hellenistic schools of thought
 3 Ancient Indian philosophy
o 3.1 Vedic philosophy
o 3.2 Sramana Philosophy
o 3.3 Classical Indian philosophy
o 3.4 Buddhism
o 3.5 Cārvāka
 3.5.1 Sensual indulgence
 3.5.2 Religion is invented by man
o 3.6 Ancient Indian philosophers
 4 Ancient Iranian philosophy
o 4.1 Schools of thought
o 4.2 Philosophy and the Empire
o 4.3 Literature
o 4.4 Continuation in Iranian philosophy
o 4.5 In Western literature and culture
 5 Early Roman and Christian philosophy
o 5.1 Philosophers during Roman times
 6 References

 7 External links

[edit] Ancient Chinese philosophy

Main article: Chinese philosophy

Chinese philosophy is the dominant philosophical thought in China and other countries within the
sinosphere, including Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.

[edit] Schools of thought

[edit] Hundred Schools of Thought

Main article: Hundred Schools of Thought

The Hundred Schools of Thought were philosophers and schools that flourished from 770 to 221
BC, an era of great cultural and intellectual expansion in China. Even though this period - known
in its earlier part as the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period - in its latter part
was fraught with chaos and bloody battles, it is also known as the Golden Age of Chinese
philosophy because a broad range of thoughts and ideas were developed and discussed freely.
The thoughts and ideas discussed and refined during this period have profoundly influenced
lifestyles and social consciousness up to the present day in East Asian countries. The intellectual
society of this era was characterized by itinerant scholars, who were often employed by various
state rulers as advisers on the methods of government, war, and diplomacy. This period ended
with the rise of the Qin Dynasty and the subsequent purge of dissent. The Book of Han lists ten
major schools, they are:

 Confucianism, which teaches that human beings are teachable, improvable and perfectible
through personal and communal endeavour especially including self-cultivation and self-
creation. A main idea of Confucianism is the cultivation of virtue and the development of
moral perfection. Confucianism holds that one should give up one's life, if necessary,
either passively or actively, for the sake of upholding the cardinal moral values of ren and
yi.[1]
 Legalism, which maintained that human nature was incorrigibly selfish; accordingly, the
only way to preserve the social order was to impose discipline from above, and to see to a
strict enforcement of laws. The Legalists exalted the state above all, seeking its prosperity
and martial prowess over the welfare of the common people.
 Taoism, a philosophy which emphasizes the Three Jewels of the Tao: compassion,
moderation, and humility, while Taoist thought generally focuses on nature, the
relationship between humanity and the cosmos; health and longevity; and wu wei (action
through inaction). Harmony with the Universe, or the source thereof (Tao), is the intended
result of many Taoist rules and practices.
 Mohism, which advocated the idea of universal love: Mozi believed that "everyone is
equal before heaven", and that people should seek to imitate heaven by engaging in the
practice of collective love. His epistemology can be regarded as primitive materialist
empiricism; he believed that human cognition ought to be based on one's perceptions –
one's sensory experiences, such as sight and hearing – instead of imagination or internal
logic, elements founded on the human capacity for abstraction. Mozi advocated frugality,
condemning the Confucian emphasis on ritual and music, which he denounced as
extravagant.
 Naturalism, the School of Naturalists or the Yin-yang school, which synthesized the
concepts of yin-yang and the Five Elements; Zou Yan is considered the founder of this
school.[2]
 Agrarianism, or the School of Agrarianism, which advocated peasant utopian
communalism and egalitarianism.[3] The Agrarians believed that Chinese society should
be modeled around that of the early sage king Shen Nong, a folk hero which was
portrayed in Chinese literature as "working in the fields, along with everyone else, and
consulting with everyone else when any decision had to be reached."[3]
  The Logicians or the School of Names, which focused on definition and logic. It is said to
have parallels with that of the Ancient Greek sophists or dialecticians. The most notable
Logician was Gongsun Longzi.
 The School of Diplomacy or School of Vertical and Horizontal [Alliances], which
focused on practical matters instead of any moral principle, so it stressed political and
diplomatic tactics, and debate and lobbying skill. Scholars from this school were good
orators, debaters and tacticians.
 The Miscellaneous School, which integrated teachings from different schools; for
instance, Lü Buwei found scholars from different schools to write a book called Lüshi
Chunqiu cooperatively. This school tried to integrate the merits of various schools and
avoid their perceived flaws.
 The School of "Minor-talks", which was not a unique school of thought, but a philosophy
constructed of all the thoughts which were discussed by and originated from normal
people on the street.
 Another group is the School of the Military that studied strategy and the philosophy of
war; Sunzi and Sun Bin were influential leaders. However, this school was not one of the
"Ten Schools" defined by Hanshu.

[edit] Early Imperial China

The founder of the Qin Dynasty, who implemented Legalism as the official philosophy, quashed
Mohist and Confucianist schools. Legalism remained influential until the emperors of the Han
Dynasty adopted Daoism and later Confucianism as official doctrine. These latter two became the
determining forces of Chinese thought until the introduction of Buddhism.

Confucianism was particularly strong during the Han Dynasty, whose greatest thinker was Dong
Zhongshu, who integrated Confucianism with the thoughts of the Zhongshu School and the
theory of the Five Elements. He also was a promoter of the New Text school, which considered
Confucius as a divine figure and a spiritual ruler of China, who foresaw and started the evolution
of the world towards the Universal Peace. In contrast, there was an Old Text school that
advocated the use of Confucian works written in ancient language (from this comes the
denomination Old Text) that were so much more reliable. In particular, they refuted the
assumption of Confucius as a godlike figure and considered him as the greatest sage, but simply a
human and mortal

The 3rd and 4th centuries saw the rise of the Xuanxue (mysterious learning), also called Neo-
Taoism. The most important philosophers of this movement were Wang Bi, Xiang Xiu and Guo
Xiang. The main question of this school was whether Being came before Not-Being (in Chinese,
ming and wuming). A peculiar feature of these Taoist thinkers, like the Seven Sages of the
Bamboo Grove, was the concept of feng liu (lit. wind and flow), a sort of romantic spirit which
encouraged following the natural and instinctive impulse.

Buddhism arrived in China around the 1st century AD, but it was not until the Northern and
Southern, Sui and Tang Dynasties that it gained considerable influence and acknowledgement. At
the beginning, it was considered a sort of Taoist sect, and there was even a theory about Laozi,
founder of Taoism, who went to India and taught his philosophy to Buddha. Mahayana Buddhism
was far more successful in China than its rival Hinayana, and both Indian schools and local
Chinese sects arose from the 5th century. Two chiefly important monk philosophers were
Sengzhao and Daosheng. But probably the most influential and original of these schools was the
Chan sect, which had an even stronger impact in Japan as the Zen sect.

[edit] Philosophers

 Taoism
o Laozi
o Zhuangzi
o Zhang Daoling
o Zhang Jue
o Ge Hong
o Chen Tuan
 Confucianism
o Confucius
o Mencius
o Xun Zi
 Legalism
o Li Si
o Li Kui
o Han Fei
o Shang Yang
o Shen Buhai
o Shen Dao
 Mohism
o Mozi
o Song Xing
 Logicians
 Deng Xi
 Hui Shi
 Gongsun Long
 Agrarianism
o Xu Xing
 Naturalism
o Zou Yan
 Neotaoism
o Wang Bi
o Guo Xiang
o Xiang Xiu
 School of Diplomacy
o Guiguzi
o Su Qin
o Zhang Yi
o Yue Yi
o Li Yiji
 School of the Military
 o Sunzi
o Sun Bin
 Zen
o Linji
o Tung-shan
o Yunmen Wenyan

[edit] Ancient Greek philosophy

Main article: Ancient Greek philosophy

Presocratic philosophers

Raphael's School of Athens, depicting an array of ancient Greek philosophers engaged in

discussion.

[edit] Philosophers

[edit] Presocratic philosophers

 Milesian School

Thales (624 BC–ca. 546 BC)

Anaximander (610-546 BC)
Anaximenes of Miletus (c. 585-c. 525 BC)
 Pythagoreans

Pythagoras (582-496 BC)

Philolaus (470-380 BC)
Alcmaeon of Croton
 Archytas (428-347 BC)
 Heraclitus (535-475 BC)

 Eleatic School

Xenophanes (570-470 BC)

Parmenides (510-440 BC)
Zeno of Elea (490-430 BC)
Melissus of Samos (c 470 BC–unknown)
 Pluralists

Empedocles (490-430 BC)

Anaxagoras (500-428 BC)
 Atomists

Leucippus (first half of 5th century BC)

Democritus (460-370 BC)
Metrodorus of Chios (4th century BC)
 Pherecydes of Syros (6th century BC)

 Sophists

Protagoras (490-420 BC)

Gorgias (487-376 BC)
Antiphon (480-411 BC)
Prodicus (465/450-after 399 BC)
Hippias (middle of the 5th century BC)
Thrasymachus (459-400 BC)
Callicles
Critias
Lycophron
 Diogenes of Apollonia (c. 460 BC-unknown)

[edit] Classical Greek philosophers

 Socrates (469-399 BC)

 Euclid of Megara (450-380 BC)
 Antisthenes (445-360 BC)
 Aristippus (435-356 BC)
 Plato (428-347 BC)
 Speusippus (407-339 BC)
 Diogenes of Sinope (400-325 BC)
 Xenocrates (396-314 BC)
 Aristotle (384-322 BC)
 Stilpo (380-300 BC)
 Theophrastus (370-288 BC)
[edit] Hellenistic philosophy

 Pyrrho (365-275 BC)

 Epicurus (341-270 BC), see: Epicureanism
 Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger) (331–278 BC)
 Zeno of Citium (333-263 BC)
 Cleanthes (331-232 BC)
 Timon (320-230 BC)
 Arcesilaus (316-232 BC)
 Menippus (3rd century BC)
 Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)
 Chrysippus (280-207 BC)
 Carneades (214-129 BC)
 Clitomachus (187-109 BC)
 Metrodorus of Stratonicea (late 2nd century BC)
 Philo of Larissa (160-80 BC)
 Posidonius (135-51 BC)
 Antiochus of Ascalon (130-68 BC)
 Aenesidemus (1st century BC)
 Philo of Alexandria (30 BC–45 AD)
 Agrippa (1st century AD)

[edit] Hellenistic schools of thought

 Cynicism
 Eclecticism
 Epicureanism
 Neo-Platonism
 Peripatetic School
 Skepticism
 Stoicism
 Sophism

[edit] Ancient Indian philosophy

Main article: Indian philosophy

The ancient Indian philosophy is a fusion of two ancient traditions : Sramana tradition and Vedic
tradition.

[edit] Vedic philosophy

Veda Vyasa (contemporary painting) attributed to have compiled the Vedas

Indian philosophy begins with the Vedas where questions related to laws of nature, the origin of
the universe and the place of man in it are asked. In the famous Rigvedic Hymn of Creation the
poet says:

"Whence all creation had its origin, he, whether he fashioned it or whether he did not, he, who
surveys it all from highest heaven, he knows--or maybe even he does not know."

In the Vedic view, creation is ascribed to the self-consciousness of the primeval being (Purusha).
This leads to the inquiry into the one being that underlies the diversity of empirical phenomena
and the origin of all things. Cosmic order is termed rta and causal law by karma. Nature
(prakriti) is taken to have three qualities (sattva, rajas, and tamas).

 Vedas
 Upanishads
 Hindu philosophy

[edit] Sramana Philosophy

Main articles: Jain philosophy, Buddhist philosophy, and Sramana

Jainism and Buddhism are continuation of the Sramana school of thought. The Sramanas
cultivated a pessimistic worldview of the samsara as full of suffering and advocated renunciation
and austerities. They laid stress on philosophical concepts like Ahimsa, Karma, Jnana, Samsara
and Moksa.

[edit] Classical Indian philosophy

In classical times, these inquiries were systematized in six schools of philosophy. Some of the
questions asked were:

 What is the ontological nature of consciousness?

 How is cognition itself experienced?
  Is mind (chit) intentional or not?
 Does cognition have its own structure?

The Six schools of Indian philosophy are:

 Nyaya
 Vaisheshika
 Samkhya
 Yoga
 Mimamsa (Purva Mimamsa)
 Vedanta (Uttara Mimamsa)

Other traditions of Indian philosophy include:

 Hindu philosophy
 Buddhist philosophy
 Jain philosophy
 Sikh philosophy
 Cārvāka (atheist) philosophy

[edit] Buddhism

Buddha
 Buddha, Buddhist philosophy

Timeline: Development and propagation of Buddhist traditions (ca. 450 BCE – ca. 1300 CE)

  450 BCE 250 BCE 100 CE 500 CE 700 CE 800 CE 1200 CE

   

Early Mahayana Vajrayana

India Sangha Early Buddhist schools  
 
  

   

Theravada  

Sri Lanka &      
Southeast Asia Buddhism
   

Greco-Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism
Central Asia    

 
Silk Road Buddhism

Chán, Tiantai, Pure Land, Zen, Shingon

 
East Asia Nichiren
 

  450 BCE 250 BCE 100 CE 500 CE 700 CE 800 CE 1200 CE

  Legend:   = Theravada tradition   = Mahayana traditions   = Vajrayana traditions

[edit] Cārvāka

Cārvāka (Sanskrit: चार्वाक), also known as Lokāyata, is a system of Hindu philosophy that
assumes various forms of philosophical skepticism and religious indifference.It is named after its
founder, Cārvāka, author of the Bārhaspatya-sūtras. In overviews of Hindu philosophy, Cārvāka
is classified as a "faithless" (nāstika) system, the same classification as is given to Buddhism and
Jainism.It is characterized as a materialistic and atheistic school of thought. While this branch of
Indian philosophy is not considered to be part of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy, it
is noteworthy as evidence of a materialistic movement within Hinduism. The Cārvāka school of
philosophy had a variety of atheistic, materialistic, and naturalistic beliefs. The Carvaka believed
there was no afterlife, no life after death

Springing forth from these elements itself

solid knowledge is destroyed
when they are destroyed—
after death no intelligence remains.

Naturalism The Carvaka believed in a form of naturalism, that is that all things happen by nature,
and come from nature (not from any deity or Supreme Being).

Fire is hot, water cold,

refreshingly cool is the breeze of morning;
By whom came this variety?
 They were born of their own nature.

[edit] Sensual indulgence

Unlike many of the Indian philosophies of the time, the Carvaka believed there was nothing
wrong with sensual indulgence, and that it was the only enjoyment to be pursued.

That the pleasure arising to man

from contact with sensible objects,
is to be relinquished because accompanied by pain—
such is the reasoning of fools.
The kernels of the paddy, rich with finest white grains,
What man, seeking his own true interest,
would fling them away
because of a covering of husk and dust?
While life remains, let a man live happily,
let him feed on butter though he runs in debt;
When once the body becomes ashes,
how can it ever return again?

[edit] Religion is invented by man

The Carvaka believed that religion was invented and made up by men, having no divine
authority.

The three authors of the Vedas were buffoons, knaves, and demons.
All the well-known formulae of the pandits, jarphari, turphari, etc.
and all the obscene rites for the queen commanded in Aswamedha,
these were invented by buffoons, and so all the various kinds of
presents to the priests,
while the eating of flesh was similarly commanded by night-prowling
demons.

[edit] Ancient Indian philosophers

 Asanga (c. 300), exponent of the Yogacara

 Bhartrihari (c 450–510 AD), early figure in Indic linguistic theory
 Bodhidharma (c. 440–528 AD), founder of the Zen school of Buddhism
 Chanakya (c.350 - c.275 BC), author of Arthashastra, professor (acharya) of political
science at the Takshashila University
 Dignāga (c. 500), one of the founders of Buddhist school of Indian logic.
 Gautama Buddha (563 BC - 483 BC), founder of Buddhist school of thought
 Gotama (c. 2nd–3rd century AD), wrote the Nyaya Sutras, considered to be the
foundation of the Nyaya school.
 Haribhadra (8th Century CE), a Jaina thinker, author and great proponent of anekāntavāda
and classical yoga, as a soteriological system of meditation in Jaina context. His works
include Ṣaḍdarśanasamuccaya and Yogabindu.
 Hemacandra (1089–1172 CE) - a Jaina thinker, author, historian, grammarian and
logician. His works include Yogaśāstra and Trishashthishalakapurushacharitra.
 Jaimini, author of Purva Mimamsa Sutras
  Kanada (c. 600 BC), founded the philosophical school of Vaisheshika, gave theory of
atomism
 Kapila (c. 500 BC), proponent of the Samkhya system of philosophy
 Kundakunda (2nd Century CE), exponent of Jain mysticism and Jain nayas dealing with
the nature of the soul and its contamination by matter, author of Pañcāstikāyasāra
(Essence of the Five Existents), the Pravacanasāra (Essence of the Scripture) and the
Samayasāra (Essence of the Doctrine)
 Lonkā (15th century CE) – His opposition to idol worship and rituals eventually led to
establishment of non-iconic sects of Sthanakvasi and Terapanthi.
 Nagarjuna (c. 150 - 250 AD), the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Path) school of
Mahāyāna Buddhism.
 Pāṇini (520–460 BC), grammarian, author of Ashtadhyayi
 Patañjali (between 200 BC and 400 AD), developed the philosophy of Raja Yoga in his
Yoga Sutras.
 Pingala (c. 500 BC), author of the Chandas shastra
 Adi Shankara (788-820 AD), the first philosopher to consolidate the doctrine of Advaita
Vedanta, a sub-school of Vedanta
 Siddhasena Divākara (5th Century CE), Jain logician and author of important works in
Sanskrit and Prakrit, such as, Nyāyāvatāra (on Logic) and Sanmatisūtra (dealing with the
seven Jaina standpoints, knowledge and the objects of knowledge)
 Syntipas (c. 100 BC), author of The Story of the Seven Wise Masters.
 Tiruvalluvar (between 100 BC and 300 AD), author of Thirukkural, one of the greatest
ethical works in Tamil language
 Umāsvāti or Umasvami (2nd Century CE), author of first Jain work in Sanskrit,
Tattvārthasūtra, expounding the Jain philosophy in a most systematized form acceptable
to all sects of Jainism.
 Vasubandhu (c. 300 AD), one of the main founders of the Indian Yogacara school.
 Vyasa (c. 3000 BC), author of several important works in Hindu philosophy
 Yajnavalkya (Prehistoric), linked to philosophical teachings of the Brhadaranyaka
Upanishad, and the apophatic teaching of 'neti neti' etc.
 Yaśovijaya Gaṇi (1624–88 CE) – Jain logician and considered last intellectual giant to
contribute to Jaina philosophy.

[edit] Ancient Iranian philosophy

Zarathustra as depicted in Raffael's The School of Athens beside Raffael who appears as the
ancient painter Apelles of Kos (Ἀπελλῆς).
Main article: Iranian philosophy

See also: Dualism, Dualism (philosophy of mind)

While there are ancient relations between the Indian Vedas and the Iranian Avesta, the two main
families of the Indo-Iranian philosophical traditions were characterized by fundamental
differences in their implications for the human being's position in society and their view on the
role of man in the universe. The first charter of human rights by Cyrus the Great as understood in
the Cyrus cylinder is often seen as a reflection of the questions and thoughts expressed by
Zarathustra and developed in Zoroastrian schools of thought of the Achaemenid Era of Iranian
history.[4][5]

[edit] Schools of thought

 Zoroastrianism
o Zarathustra
o Jamasp
o Ostanes
o Mardan-Farrux Ohrmazddadan
o Adurfarnbag Farroxzadan
o Adurbad Emedan
o Azar Kayvan
o Avesta
o Gathas
 Mazdakism
o Mazdak
o Mazdak the Elder
 Manichaeism
o Mani
 Zurvanism
o Aesthetic Zurvanism
o Materialist Zurvanism
o Fatalistic Zurvanism
 Other ancient philosophers
o Anacharsis

[edit] Philosophy and the Empire

 Political Philosophy
o Tansar
 University of Gundishapur
o Borzouye
o Bakhtshooa Gondishapuri
 Emperor Khosrau's philosophical discourses
o Paul the Persian
[edit] Literature

 Pahlavi literature

[edit] Continuation in Iranian philosophy

 Persian Illuminationism
o Suhrawardi
 School of Isfahan
o Mir Damad
 Transcendent Philosophy
o Sadr Shirazi

[edit] In Western literature and culture

In addition to many remarkable reflections in Ancient and Medieval European literature, such as
those related to Zoroastrian and Manichaean ideas and challenges, in recent Western literature
Iranian philosophy appears and is treated in various ways. Two eminent examples are:

 Thus Spoke Zarathustra by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche

 Creation by the American thinker Gore Vidal

[edit] Early Roman and Christian philosophy

See also: Jewish philosophy, Christian philosophy

[edit] Philosophers during Roman times

Plotinus
 Cicero (106-43 BC)
 Lucretius (94-55 BC)
 Seneca (4 BC–65 AD)
 Paul of Tarsus (c. 6BC-c. 67AD)
 Musonius Rufus (30 AD–100 AD)
 Plutarch (45-120 AD)
  Epictetus (55-135 AD)
 Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD)
 Clement of Alexandria (150-215 AD)
 Alcinous (philosopher) (2nd century AD)
 Sextus Empiricus (3rd century AD)
 Alexander of Aphrodisias (3rd century AD)
 Ammonius Saccas (3rd century AD)
 Plotinus (205-270 AD)
 Porphyry (232-304 AD)
 Iamblichus (242-327 AD)
 Themistius (317-388 AD)
 Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD)
 Proclus (411-485 AD)
 Philoponus of Alexandria (490-570 AD)
 Damascius (462-540 AD)
 Boethius (472-524 AD)
 Simplicius of Cilicia (490-560 AD)

[edit] References
1. ^ Lo, Ping-cheung (1999), Confucian Ethic of Death with Dignity and Its
Contemporary Relevance, Society of Christian Ethics,
http://arts.hkbu.edu.hk/~pclo/e5.pdf
2. ^ "Zou Yan". Encyclopædia Britannica.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/607826/Zou-Yan. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
3. ^ a b Deutsch, Eliot; Ronald Bontekoei (1999). A companion to world philosophies.
Wiley Blackwell. p. 183.
4. ^ Philip G. Kreyenbroek: "Morals and Society in Zoroastrian Philosophy" in
"Persian Philosophy". Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy: Brian Carr and
Indira Mahalingam. Routledge, 2009.
5. ^ Mary Boyce: "The Origins of Zoroastrian Philosophy" in "Persian Philosophy".
Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy: Brian Carr and Indira Mahalingam.
Routledge, 2009.

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