Homer was a famous poet from Athens who wrote two very well known works, the Iliad, and the Odyssey. Homer was one poet and philosopher that informed the Greeks about their Gods. The first publishing of Homer's work were in 1488 CE in Florence Chalcondyles. Homer had a great influence on Greek sculpture, pottery, and theater. He was so influential that he was apart of Greek education.
Thales: 624-546 BC
Pythagoras: 490-570 BC
Pythagoras is one of the world's greatest persons although he wrote nothing, he is known for the creation of society. Pythagoras is depicted as a man of science, and a preacher of doctrine. Pythagoras argued that there are three types of men, the lovers of wisdom, the lovers of honor, and the lovers of gain.
Empedocles: 430-490 BC
Empedocles was the most important philosopher during his time, and a very influential poet. He attributed to the invention of the four elements, Fire, Air, Water, and Earth. His philosophy revolved around two forces working against each other such as life and death, love and strife, he created the cosmic cycle that explained exactly how love they worked. Empedocles was also known for his medical skills and his great healing powers.
Protagoras: 490-420 BC
Protagoras was the greatest known Sophist in Greece, which means he was a teacher that taught privately to upper classes in rhetoric, politics, and logic. He made his career off of teaching people rhetoric in the courtrooms since there was no real lawyers back then. His philosophy was relativism which is the belief that there is no final objective truth, Plato and Protagoras had bad blood, Plato would do anything everything to bring down Protagoras and his philosophies.
Socrates: 470-399 BC
Socrates was known as the father of western philosophy. He taught by not teaching for knowledge but asking questions until the students came to their own understandings. Socrates wrote nothing but his work was passed down from his followers and one of his beloved students Plato. His lifestyle and even his death embodied his questioning of life and the things in it such as virtue, wisdom, and the good life.
Plato: 427-347 BC
Plato was a student of Socrates and based a lot of his philosophies off of him. His writings reveled about justice, beauty, and equality. He opened one of the first schools in Athens to allow higher learning for everyone. He was taught by some of the finest teachers. There were two things that had really set Plato's life in motion. The first was meeting and being taught by Socrates. The second was the Poloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta. After Socrates died Plato traveled around the Mediterranean region and soon after that he began to write.
Aristotle: 384-322 BC
Aristotle created his philosophy through scientific and factual examination of human knowledge. Aristotle was an exceptional student and graduated early, earning him a shot at teaching rhetoric and dialogue to students. After Plato died Aristotle thought he would be assigned to take over the Academy which evidently went to Plato's nephew. Aristotle then left Athens to conduct experiments and his own research on the islands of the Greek Archipelago.
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