We need a brief comparative review of philosophy in ancient times from West Europe to East Asia

Charles Paine
1 min readJun 30, 2021
Ancient philosopher

To prepare for our teaching the new generations about the complexity of the ancient philosophy of the world. We need to create a project of comparing the thoughts of ancient-time philosophers, from ancient to Neolithic and Bronze Age to be exact, that imprint their frame of thoughts to the modern societies. Please contact us if you want to join our volunteer team. We can do it together, piece by piece!

The West (before the notion of the Roman empire)

· Socrates (470–399 BCE)

· Plato (428–348 BCE)

· Xenophon (430–354 BCE)

· Aristotle (384–322 BCE)

Eastern Asia (before the notion of the Han empire)

· Laozi or Lão Tử (老子, 571–471 BCE)

· Confucius or Khổng Tử (孔子, 551–479 BCE)

· Sun Tzu or Tôn Tử ( 孫子, 544–496 BCE)

· Mo Di or Mặc Tử (墨子, 468–376 BCE)

Religious Leaders (before the notion of possible current religious figures)

· Zeus (700 BCE ?)

· Brahma (1500 BCE ?)

· Abraham (2150–1975 BCE)

· Yuanshi Tianzun or Nguyên Thủy Thiên Tôn (元始天尊, 2500 BCE ?)

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