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Introduction:
No one knows why philosophy started when it did. However, we have at least a good idea when and how it started. PHILO was born when man began to wonder. It is the struggle of man to answer his question, to satisfy his curiosity. Then, it is with us long before the time of our acknowledged first philosophers
GENERAL DIVISIONS
WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
EASTERN PHILOSOPHY
The pre-Socratics Naturalism The Ionians The Eleatic school The pluralism The atomism Socratic period The sophists Socrates Methaphysical The sophists Plato Aristotle
Chinese tradition Daoism Confucianism Mozism Legalism Indian tradition Buddhism Hinduism Jewish traadition Judaism
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WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
GENERAL DIVISIONS
WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
EASTERN PHILOSOPHY
Religious period The neoPlatonic school Scholasticism The dialecticians Enlightenment Humanism
Platonic and Aristotlelian philosophy in Islamic thought. Platonic and Aristotlelian philosophy in Jewish thought.
GENERAL DIVISIONS
WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
EASTERN PHILOSOPHY
Rationalism Empiricism Idealism Kantian criticism Positivism Utilitarianism Pragmatism Existentialism Phenomenology Philosophical hermeneutics The Frankfurt school
No other distinct philosophic thoughts in this period. Basically the continuation of classical philosophies. Rise of Maoism in China Political philosopy Mohandas Gandhi in India
GENERAL DIVISIONS
WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
EASTERN PHILOSOPHY
Basically the continuation or revival of ancient philosophies most notably Daoism and Buddhism