Philosopher Contribution
Epicurus (c. 341-270BCE) Founder of the school of
Anaxagoras (c.500-428 BCE)
Pythagoras (c. 570-495 BCE)
Heraclitus (c. 535-475 BCE)
Democritus (c.460-370 BCE)
Empedocles (c. 490-330 BCE)
Thales (c.624-546 BCE)
Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE)
Plato (c. 428-348 BCE)
Socrates (c.469-399 BCE)
“Nothing is enough for the
philosophy called
Epicureanism
Philosopher of nature
remembered for his
cosmology and for his
discovery of the true cause of
eclipses. He was associated
with the Athenian statesman
Pericles
He created the Pythagoras
Theorem.
Mostly known for his
contribution to the thought
that things are always
changing.
One of the first advocates of
democracy
Father of Modern science
One of the most important
pre-Socratic era philosophers
His philosophical landmark
was originating the
cosmogenic theory of the four
classical elements – earth, air,
fire and water
One of the fathers of Greek
Philosophy
He was the first to try to
explain natural phenomena
without the inclusion of myths
by theories and hypothesis
Considered one of the world’s
greatest ancient philosophers
Studied a wide variety of
subjects, including science,
ethics, government, physics
and politics and wrote
extensively on them
Father of political science
Founder of one of the world’s
first known institutions of
higher learning, the Academy
in Athens.
Most well-known ancient
Greek Philosopher of all time
Quotations
man to whom enough is too
little.”
“The seed of everything is in
everything else.”
“There is geometry in the
humming of the strings, there
is music in the spacing of the
spheres.”
“There is nothing permanent
except change.”
“Nothing exists except atoms
and empty space; everything
else is opinion.”
“There are forces in nature
called Love and Hate. The
force of love causes elements
to be attracted to each other
and to be built up into some
particular form or person, and
the force of Hate causes the
decomposition of things.”
“The most difficult thing in life
is to know yourself.”
“We are what we repeatedly
do. Excellence, then, is not an
act, but a habit.”
“We can easily forgive a child
who is afraid of the dark; the
real tragedy of life is when
men are afraid of the light.”
“Strong minds discuss ideas,
average minds discuss events,
A master of stonemason and weak mind discuss people.”
social critic