A Timeline of Western Philosophers

600 B.C.E.

Thales
Anaximander
Anaximenes
Pythagoras
Xenophanes
500 B.C.E.
Heralit!s
Parmenides
Protagoras "eno of Elea
Hippias Empedoles
#e!ipp!s Anaxagoras
$emorit!s Socrates
%00 B.C.E.
Aristipp!s Antisthenes
Xenophon
Plato
$iogenes
E!lid Aristotle Xenorates
Pyrrho
&00 B.C.E.
Epicurus
"eno of Citi!m
Timon

Arhimedes Chrysipp!s
Eratosthenes
'00 B.C.E.


Carneades



(00 B.C.E.


#!reti!s
Ciero


C.E.

Philo
)enea



(00
Epictetus


*ar!s A!reli!s


'00
)ext!s Empiri!s

Plotin!s
Porphyry


&00






%00
Hypatia Augustine





500

Boethi!s




600






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Erigena


/00
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32n 4a2irol

Anselm
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32n $a!d Peter #om2ard
32n 7!shd
*aimonides
('00
0i2onai
4rosseteste
Al2ert the 4reat
7oger Baon
Aquinas Bona8ent!re
)iger Boeti!s of $aia
(&00
)ot!s
E9hart *arsili!s of Pad!a
:9ham 4ersonides
B!ridan

Cresas
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C!sa
;alla

Pio della *irandola 0iino

(500
Erasm!s
Machiavelli Thomas *ore
Paraels!s
Coperni!s
7am!s
(550

Teresa of A8ila

*ontaigne
Br!no
)!are5
(600
.epler Charron
*ersenne
0ranis Baon 4roti!s
4alileo Her2ert of Cher2!ry
4assendi Priness Eli5a2eth
0ermat <!een .ristina Descartes
Hobbes 0ilmer
(650
4lan8ill 4e!linx Pasal
Henry *ore Cordemoy =iole
C!d>orth Ca8endish Arna!ld
C!m2erland 7oha!lt 0o!her
Boyle *ale2ranhe
P!fendorf Spinoza
=e>ton Con>ay 7?gis
Locke *asham
Toland Bayle )o!8r?
(+00
Clar9e )haftes2!ry =orris
Leibniz
Berkeley
Co92!rn ;io
*ande8ille
H!theson B!tler Wolff
4ay
Hume
#a *ettrie
Hartley *ontes@!ie!
(+50
E!ler Condilla
Prie dAAlem2ert ;oltaire
$iderot Rousseau
Bayes dAHol2ah Hel8?ti!s
)mith Befferson
7eid Paine #essing
B!r9e ant
!ollstonecra"t Bentham *endelssohn
)te>art 4od>in )hiller
*alth!s Paley 0ihte
(,00
4a!ss de )taCl )helling
)hleiermaher
#aplae Hegel
#amar9 )aint-)imon
0o!rier )hopenha!er
Whately
Ba22age
#o2ahe8s9y Bohn A!stin Comte
Whe>ell Bames *ill Pro!dhon
Bol5ano Emerson 0e!er2ah
$e *organ 0!ller ierkegaar#
Boole Thorea!
(,50
7iemann )oDo!rner Tr!th Mar$

$ar>in Taylor Engels
Hamilton
*endel %& S& Mill #ot5e
)pener
;enn Anthony Ba9!nin
Cantor Brentano
(,+5
)idg>i9
$ede9ind Clifford
Peirce Caird
*ah 4reen
0rege $ilthey (ietzsche
Carroll Bosan@!et
Peano )tanton 7ithie
$!r9heim %ames 7oye
4ilman Bradley
Pareto ;e2len
(/00
Plan9 0re!d We2er Bergson
Poinare *einong $!2ois Coo9 Wilson
$!hem H!sserl Addams )eth
"ermelo Moore Croe
Einstein B!ng 4oldman ;aihinger
Bohr Watson #!xem2!rg :tto
Hil2ert Enam!no
Adler #enin )a!ss!re
#!9asie>i5 De)ey Trots9y B!2er
Russell Whitehead
*ead Alexander *Taggart
.eynes Broad #!9Fs )antayana
(/'5
7eihen2ah #o8eDoy 7oss Berdyae8
Heisen2erg )hli9 .elsen Hei#egger
=e!rath 7amsey Hartmann Cassirer
4Gdel Perry 4ramsi Colling>ood
)hrodinger C. 3. #e>is 3ngarden
Ayer Bahelard *ao "edong *aritain
Waismann $ay :rtega y 4asset
Tars9i Carnap Blanshard
E. =agel Popper 4andhi
Horney Sartre
Ryle H.H. Prie #anger Cam!s
)te8enson Haye9 Baspers
!ittgenstein Adorno
T!ring Prihard *arel Beauvoir
(/50
8on =e!mann #oren5 Wisdom Tillih
Hopper Arro> Hare *erlea!-Ponty
Polya )9inner Berlin Weil
Ch!rh Ansom2e 7and Hor9heimer
0eigl Austin Hampshire Arendt
Hempel )tra>son .!rt Baier 4adamer
*uine 4rie Hart #aan
4oodman )ellars Ha2ermas
.!hn )mart *ar!se
0eynman Bergmann 7ioe!r
4ettier Armstrong .ing Alth!sser
Choms9y Chisholm $errida
)earle #a9atos 7a>ls 0o!a!lt
.rip9e E.:. Wilson $ele!5e
(/+5
0eyera2end Thomson )inger Eo
$!mmett P!tnam $>or9in #yotard
$a8idson T. =agel *idgley $aly
Hofstadter 7orty =o5i9 Cixo!s
*andel2rot .im 7egan #e $H!ff
Hara>ay 4illigan .riste8a
*ins9y Appiah =oddings 3rigaray
#ehrer Annette Baier Held
Harding 7!ddi9 Hoagland
.emerling Macinnon
$ennett =!ss2a!m Bordo
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