Philosophers

The Seven Sages or Wise Men of Greece. Thalēs, Solon, Chilon, Pitʹtacos, Bias, Cleobuʹlos, Periander; to which add Sosiʹadēs, Anacharsis the Scythian, Myson the Spartan, Epimenʹidēs the Cretan, and Pherecyʹdēs of Syros.

Philosophers of the Acadeʹmic sect. Plato, Speusippos, Xenocʹratēs, Polʹemon, Cratēs, Crantor, Arcesilaʹos, Careʹadēs, Clitomʹachos, Philo, and Antiʹochos.

Philosophers of the Cynic sect. Antisʹthenēs, Diogʹenēs of Sinoʹpē, Monʹimos, Onesicʹritos, Cratēs, Metrocʹlēs, Hipparʹchia, Menippos, and Menedeʹmos of Lampsʹacos.

Philosophers of the Cyrenaʹic sect. Aristippos, Hegeʹsias, Annicʹeris. Theodoʹros, and Bion.

Philosophers of the Eleac or Eretʹriac sect. Phædo, Plisʹthenēs, and Menedeʹmos of Eretʹria.

Philosophers of the Eleatʹic sect. Xenophʹanes, Parmenʹidēs, Melissos, Zeno of Tarsos, Leucippos, Democʹritos, Protagʹoras, and Anaxarchos.

Philosophers of the Epicureʹan sect. Epicuʹros, and a host of disciples.

Philosophers of the Heracliʹtan sect. Heracliʹtos; the names of his disciples are unknown.

Philosophers of the Ionic sect. Anaximander, Anaximʹenēs, Anaxagʹoras, and Archelaʹos.

Philosophers of the Italic sect. Pythagʹoras, Empedʹoclēs, Epicharmos, Archyʹtas, Alcmæon, Hipʹpasos, Philolaʹos, and Eudoxos.

Philosophers of the Megarʹic sect. Euclid, Eubuʹlidēs, Alexʹinos, Euphantos, Apolloʹnios, Chronʹos, Diodoʹros, Ichʹthyas, Clinomʹachos, and Stilpo.

Philosophers of the Peripatctʹic sect. Aristotle, Theophrastos, Straton, Lyco, Aristo, Critolaʹos, and Diodoʹros.

Philosophers of the Sceptic sect. Pyrrho and Timon.

Philosophers of the Socratic sect. Socʹratēs, Xenʹophon, Æsʹchinēs, Crito, Simon, Glauco, Simmias, and Ceʹbēs.

Philosophers of the Stoic sect. Zeno, Cleanthēs, Chrysippos, Zeno the Less, Diogʹenes of Babylon, Antipʹater, Panætios, and Posidoʹnios.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.