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 | 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; c. | |
(1439-1492; 331/0–278/7 BCE (53)) | Metrodorus of Lampsacus | ||
(1443-1518; c. 325-c. 250 BCE (~75)) | Hermarchus (scholarch of the Garden) | ||
(1448-1500; c. 320 – after 268 BCE (~52)) | Colotes of Lampsacus | ||
(c.1470-1550; d. 218/9 BCE) | Polystratus (scholarch of the Garden) | ||
(c. 1493-1563; d. 205 BCE) | Dionysius of Lamptrai (scholarch of the Garden) | ||
(1518-1593; c. 250 – c. 175 BCE (75)) | Basilides (scholarch of the Garden) | ||
(1489-1562; c. 279 – c. 206 BCE (~73)) | Chrysippus | ||
(fl. early 1600s; fl. 2nd century BCE) | Apollodorus (scholarch of the Garden) | ||
(1618-1693; c. 150 – c. 75 BCE (~75)) | Zeno of Sidon (scholarch of the Garden) | ||
(1630-1699; 138 – 70/69 BCE (69)) | Phaedrus (scholarch of the Garden) | ||
(fl. early 1700s; contemporary of Cicero’s) | Patro (scholarch of the Garden) | ||
(1658-1728; c. 110 – prob. c. 40 or 35 BCE (~70)) | Philodemus | ||
(1662-1725; 106 – 43 BCE (63)) | Marcus Tullius Cicero | ||
(1668-1724; 100 – 15 March 44 BCE (56)) | Julius Caesar | Epicurean tendencies but full views unclear. | |
Gaius Cassius Longinus | One of the "liberators" and corresponded with Cicero on Epicurean philosophy | ||
(1669-1713; c. 99 – c. 55 BCE (~44)) | Titus Lucretius Carus | ||
(1703-1760; 65 – 8 BCE (57)) | Quintus Horatius Flaccus ("Horace") | Backslid in later years but noted for his Epicurean ideas earlier in life. | |
(1814-1887; 46 – after AD 119 CE (~73)) | Plutarch | ||
(1854-1939; 50 – c. 135 CE (~85)) | Epictetus | ||
(wall dated around 1950s (mid-1900s); lived 2nd century CE) | Diogenes of Oenoanda | Erected the wall inscribed with Epicurean philosophy | |
(1925-1984; 121 – 180 CE (59)) | Marcus Aurelius | ||
(1929-1984; c. 125 – after 180 CE (~55)) | Lucian of Samosata | ||
(fl. early-mid 2000s; fl. 1st half of 3rd century CE) | Diogenes Laërtius | ||
(fl. late 20th/early 21st century; fl. late 2nd/early 3rd century CE) | Athenaeus | ||
(will be born in 2064; AD 260/265 – 339/340) | Eusebius | ||
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