Heraclitus was a great Greek philosopher who lived in the late 6th century BC. C., Heraclitus criticizes his predecessors and contemporaries and affirmed the existence of a word of eternal character, logos , a word that according to his knowledge meant that all things are one , in a certain sense. He believed that opposites are necessary for daily life, but that they are unified in a system of balanced exchanges . For him, … Read more
Plotinus is considered the founder of Neoplatonism . Following the example of Plato, Plotinus managed to develop a complex spiritual cosmology that involved three fundamental elements: the One , the Intelligence and the Soul . According to Plotinus, the productive unity of these three beings was the basis for all existence to emanate. The principle of emanation is not simply causal, but it was also contemplative . In his system, Plotinus elevates intellectual contemplation to the state … Read more
Epicurus , great Hellenistic Greek philosopher, author of the ethical philosophy of simple pleasure , friendship and retirement . He was the founder of the schools of philosophy that survived directly from the 4th century BC to the 4th century AD, mainly the philosophical school of Epicureanism , whose main objective was to achieve a life full of happiness and tranquility that was characterized by the absence of fear through friendship, freedom and an analyzed … Read more
The philosopher Pythagoras , a Greek pre-Socratic is probably one of the most important people in the world, despite not having written any type of article. It is also difficult to say how much of what we are told about the life of Pythagoras is reliable; because the exact details of his life are still unknown. We can see him sometimes represented as … Read more
The epistemology is a branch of philosophy that is responsible for studying the knowledge of being human in general, this means that focuses solely on the knowledge , where it comes from that knowledge and the impact it has on the life of each one of the people, because they all own it. The word is derived from the Greek words ” gnosis ” and ” logos “, whose meanings are knowledge and faculty of knowing respectively. The … Read more
Leucippus of Miletus is recognized worldwide as the founder of atomism . Virtually nothing is known about his life, and his book appears to have been incorporated into the complete works of Democritus . No writer after Theophrastus seems to have been able to distinguish his teaching from that of his most famous disciple. In fact, its very existence has been denied, albeit on totally … Read more
Aristotle , a philosopher and scientist from ancient Greece , is considered one of the greatest intellectual figures in Western history. He was the author of a philosophical and scientific system that became the framework and vehicle for Christian scholasticism and medieval Islamic philosophy . Even after the intellectual revolutions of the Renaissance, Reformation, and Enlightenment, Aristotelian concepts remained embedded in Western thought. When was he born: 84 BC Where he was born: Estagira, Greece When … Read more
Xenophanes de Colophon was a poet and wise traveler who had strong philosophical inclinations and who lived in ancient Greece during the 6th century and the beginning of the 5th century BC There are a significant number of fragments that have managed to survive despite the years, and the Poetic verses are available to us and indicate a wide range of issues. These include comments on religion , knowledge , … Read more
René Descartes is often known as the “Father of modern philosophy” . This title is justified both by its break with the usual scholastic-Aristotelian philosophy that stood out in its time and by its development and promotion of the new mechanistic sciences . His fundamental break with scholastic philosophy was twofold. First, Descartes thought that the method of the scholastics was prone to doubt given its dependence on sensation as the … Read more
Marco Tulio Cicero , was an important Roman statesman, lawyer , scholar, and writer who tried in vain to uphold republican principles in the final civil wars that destroyed the Roman Republic. His writings include books of rhetoric , prayers , philosophical and political treatises , and letters . He is remembered in modern times as the most important Roman orator and as the greatest and the best innovator of what is known as Ciceronian rhetoric. When … Read more