Ancient Greek philosophy

Ancient Greek philosophy started in the 6th century BC and continued during the Hellenistic period and Roman Empire.

Philosophy is a way to think about the world. The term was invented in Greece. Then it included the natural sciences, maths, politics, and ethics.^[1]

Greek philosophy is one of the foundations of Western culture.^[2] It has been a basis for thinking in Rome, Islamic philosophy, the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment.^[3] Greek philosophy may have been somewhat influenced by the ancient Near East.^[4]

Some of the most important early philosophers are Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato. Alexander the Great learned Greek philosophy before conquering the Persian Empire.

Many philosophers thought mathematics was important to all knowledge, and Euclid was one of the founders of mathematical thought. He wrote a famous book on geometry now called Euclid's Elements.

1. ↑ "Ancient Greek philosophy, Herodotus, famous ancient Greek philosophers. Ancient Greek philosophy at Hellenism. Net". www.hellenism.net. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
2. ↑ Alfred North Whitehead 1929. Process and Reality, Part II, Chap. I, Sect. I.
3. ↑ Kevin Scharp (Department of Philosophy, Ohio State University) – Diagrams Archived 2014-10-31 at the Wayback Machine.
4. ↑ Griffin, Jasper; Boardman, John; Murray, Oswyn (2001). The Oxford history of Greece and the Hellenistic world. Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Oxford University Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-19-280137-1.