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Classical antiquity [r]: Add brief definition or description
Philosophy [r]: The study of the meaning and justification of beliefs about the most general, or universal, aspects of things. ^[e]

Milesian School [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Thales [r]: (fl. 6th century B.C.) Greek philosopoher sometimes considered the founder of modern philosophy and astronomy; important chiefly because he sought for a natural explanation of phenomena rather than a mythical or religious explanation. ^[e]
- Anaximander [r]: (fl. early 6th c. BC) A Greek philosopher who held that the primary principal of the world consisted of a boundless, non-material entity which underlay the world and its various changes. ^[e]
- Anaximenes [r]: (6th c. BC) Greek philosopher who sought to explain the phenomena of the universe in terms of the various manifestations of a single element and thus became the first to attempt to explain qualitative differences in terms of quantitative ones. ^[e]
Pythagoras [r]: Greek mathematician and thinker of the 6th century BCE. ^[e]
Heraclitus [r]: Add brief definition or description
Eleatic School [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Xenophanes [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Zeno of Elea [r]: Add brief definition or description
Atomism [r]: Add brief definition or description
Sophists [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Protagoras [r]: Greek philosopher of the 5th century B.C., best known for his homo mensura-statement "Man is the measure of all things." ^[e]
- Gorgias [r]: A dialogue by Plato. ^[e]

Socrates [r]: (ca. 470–399 BCE) Greek philosopher who is credited with laying the foundations of western philosophy; sentenced to death in Athens for heresy. ^[e]
- The Clouds [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Xenophon [r]: c.430—c.350 BCE); Greek philosopher, historian and soldier; often considered the first true military historian ^[e]
Plato [r]: (circa 427-347 BCE) Ancient Greek philosopher, whose dialogues, supposedly recording conversations with Socrates, contain many of the debates central to Western philosophy. ^[e]
Aristotle [r]: (384-322 BCE) Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, and one of the most influential figures in the western world between 350 BCE and the sixteenth century. ^[e]

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 ==Subtopics==
+=== Presocratics ===
+{{r|Milesian School}}
+{{r|Thales||**}}
+{{r|Anaximander||**}}
+{{r|Anaximenes||**}}
+{{r|Pythagoras}}
+{{r|Heraclitus}}
+{{r|Eleatic School}}
+{{r|Xenophanes||**}}
+{{r|Zeno of Elea||**}}
+{{r|Atomism}}
+{{r|Sophists}}
+{{r|Protagoras||**}}
+{{r|Gorgias||**}}
+=== Classical Greek philosophers ===
+{{r|Socrates}}
+{{r|The Clouds||**}}
+{{r|Xenophon||**}}
+{{r|Plato}}
 {{r|Aristotle}}
-{{r|Plato}}
-{{r|Socrates}}
+=== Roman philosophy ===
+{{r|Cicero}}
+{{r|Lucretius}}
+{{r|Seneca}}
+{{r|Plutarch}}
+{{r|Marcus Aurelius}}
+{{r|Plotinus}}
+{{r|Augustine of Hippo}}
+{{r|Boethius}}
 === Contemporary scholars ===