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c. 610 BCE - c. 546 BCEDates of Anaximander who develops the cosmic theory of the apeiron as the First Cause of existence.
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c. 585 BCETime in which Thales of Miletus lived.
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28 May 585 BCEA battle between Media and Lydia broke off immediately as a result a total eclipse of the sun and the two armies made peace. The eclipse was successfully predicted by Thales of Miletus.
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c. 571 BCE - c. 497 BCELife of Pythagoras of Samos; claim that "number" is the First Cause of existence and the soul is immortal.
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c. 570 BCE - c. 478 BCELife of Xenophanes of Colophon.
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c. 546 BCEDate of Anaximenes' work; air is claimed as the First Cause of existence.
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c. 500 BCEHeraclitus of Ephesus lives; claims that change is the essence of life and First Cause.
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492 BCE - 432 BCELife of the philosopher Empidocles of Agrigento.
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c. 485 BCE - c. 415 BCELife of the Sophist Protagoras of Abdera; claim that "man is the measure of all things".
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c. 469 BCE - 399 BCELife of Socrates.
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c. 465 BCEZeno of Elea flourishes; writes 40 logical paradoxes to support Parmenides' Monist view.
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c. 460 BCE - c. 370 BCELife of Democritus, pupil of Leucippus; development of the concept of the atomic universe.
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445 BCELeucippus of Abdera, the philosopher, conceives of the atomic universe. His pupil is Democritus.
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c. 445 BCE - 365 BCELife of Greek Cynic philosopher Antisthenes of Athens.
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c. 404 BCE - 323 BCELife of Greek philosopher Diogenes of Sinope.
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403 BCEPlato turns away from politics toward philosophy.
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384 BCE - 322 BCELife of Aristotle.
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c. 360 BCE - 280 BCELife of Greek Philosopher Crates of Thebes.
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