Philosophers
The best known philosophers — ranked by how many Wikipedias write about them, never more than 8 alive at once — each from birth to death, to see who was alive at the same time.
Events 127 totals
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Dec
31
549
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite · c. 500–c. 600
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Aug
14
787
Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi · 787–886
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Jan
1
788
Ādi Shankara · 788–820
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Jan
1
796
Al-Kindi · 796–870
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Dec
31
804
Johannes Scotus Eriugena · c. 800–877
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Jan
14
872
Farabi · 872–951
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Nov
12
994
Ibn Hazm · 994–1064
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Jan
1
1050
Roscellinus · 1050–1121
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Jan
1
1075
Adelard of Bath · 1075–1160
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Jan
1
1075
Judah Halevi · 1075–1141
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Jan
1
1079
Peter Abelard · 1079–1142
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Dec
31
1114
John of Salisbury · c. 1110–1180
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Oct
25
1130
Zhu Xi · 1130–1200
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Jan
1
1134
Basava · 1134–1196
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Apr
6
1135
Moshe ben Maimon · 1135–1204
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Aug
4
1165
Ibn Arabi · 1165–1240
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Jan
1
1168
Robert Grosseteste · 1168–1253
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Jan
1
1190
Madhvacharya · 1190–1278
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Jan
1
1214
Roger Bacon · 1214–1294
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Feb
1
1225
Thomas Aquinas · 1225–1274
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Jan
1
1260
Meister Eckhart · 1260–1328
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Jan
29
1263
Ibn Taymiyyah · 1263–1328
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Jan
1
1265
John Duns Scotus · 1265–1308
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Jan
1
1295
Jean Buridan · 1295–1358
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Jan
9
1323
Nicole Oresme · 1323–1382
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