Approximate Date | Person Or EVent | Significance | NOTES |
---|---|---|---|
535 - 475 BCE | Heraclitus of Ephesus | (60) - 1235-1295 | |
500 – 428 BCE | Anaxagoras | (72); 1270-1342 | |
494 – 434 BCE | Empedocles | (60); 1276-1336 | |
470 – 399 BCE | Socrates | (~71); 1300-1371 | |
460 – 370 BCE | Democritus | Early atomist | (~90) 1310-1400 |
428 – 348 BCE | Plato | (1342-1422 | |
384–322 BCE | Aristotle | (62) | |
360 – 270 BCE | Pyrrho | ||
341–270 BCE | Epicurus | Founder of the Garden | |
340 – 285 BCE | Polyaenus of Lampsacus | Noted For His Knowledge of Geometry | (~55) |
334 –262 BCE | Zeno of Citium | 1436-1508 | |
331 - 278 BCE | Metrodorus of Lampsacus | ||
325- 250 BCE | Hermarchus (scholarch of the Garden) | ||
320 – 268 BCE) | Colotes of Lampsacus | ||
??? - 218/9 BCE | Polystratus (scholarch of the Garden) | ||
??? - 205 BCE | Dionysius of Lamptrai (scholarch of the Garden) | ||
250 – 175 BCE | Basilides (scholarch of the Garden) | ||
279 – 206 BCE | Chrysippus | ||
250 -_ 200 BCE | Apollodorus (scholarch of the Garden) | ||
150 – 75 BCE | Zeno of Sidon (scholarch of the Garden) | ||
138 – 70 BCE | Phaedrus (scholarch of the Garden) | Epicurean teacher of CIcero (?) | |
105 -- 40 BCE | Patro (scholarch of the Garden) | contemporary of Cicero | |
110 – 35 BCE | Philodemus | ||
106 – 43 BCE | Marcus Tullius Cicero | ||
100 – 44 BCE | Julius Caesar | Epicurean tendencies but full views unclear. | |
86 -- 42 BCE | Gaius Cassius Longinus | One of the "liberators" and corresponded with Cicero on Epicurean philosophy | |
99 – 55 BCE | Titus Lucretius Carus | Author of "On the Nature of Things" | |
65 – 8 BCE | Quintus Horatius Flaccus ("Horace") | Backslid in later years but noted for his Epicurean ideas earlier in life. | |
0 CE | ******************* | ************* | |
Seneca The Younger | Stoic who frequently quoted Epicurus. | ||
46 – 119 CE | Plutarch | ||
50 – 135 CE | Epictetus | ||
79 CE | Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius | ||
150 CE | Diogenes of Oenoanda | Erected the wall inscribed with Epicurean philosophy | |
121 – 180 CE | Marcus Aurelius | ||
125 – 180 CE | Lucian of Samosata | ||
225 CE | Diogenes Laërtius | ||
250 CE | Athenaeus | ||
260 – 340 CE | Eusebius | ||
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