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c. 1500 BCE - c. 500 BCEIndian scholars of the so-called Vedic Period commit the Vedas to written form; basic tenets of Hinduism are established.
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c. 1500 BCE - 1100 BCEThe Rig Veda written, mentioning the god Rudra (Shiva) and goddess Tara (among others) for the first time.
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c. 610 BCE - c. 546 BCEDates of Anaximander who develops the cosmic theory of the apeiron as the First Cause of existence.
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c. 600 BCEDevelopment of the Charvaka school of philosophy in India.
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c. 599 BCE - c. 527 BCETraditional dating of the life of Vardhamana, according to Jain tradition.
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c. 585 BCETime in which Thales of Miletus lived.
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c. 570 BCE - c. 478 BCELife of Xenophanes of Colophon; claim of One God as the First Cause of existence.
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c. 563 BCE - c. 483 BCEThe life of Siddhartha Gautama according to modern scholarly consensus.
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c. 546 BCEDate of Anaximenes' work; air is claimed as the First Cause of existence.
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c. 500 BCELife of the Chinese Relativist Philosopher Teng Shih (probable date of death 522 or 502 BCE).
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c. 500 BCEProbable life of the Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu, founder of Taoism and author of the Tao-Te-Ching.
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c. 500 BCEProbable life of Sun-Tzu, Military Strategist, author of The Art of War.
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492 BCE - 432 BCELife of the philosopher Empidocles of Agrigento.
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c. 485 BCE - c. 415 BCELife of the Sophist Protagoras of Abdera; claim that "man is the measure of all things".
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470 BCE - 391 BCELife of the Chinese pacifist philosopher Mo Ti, founder of Mohism.
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c. 469 BCE - 399 BCELife of Socrates.
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c. 460 BCE - c. 370 BCELife of Democritus, pupil of Leucippus; development of the concept of the atomic universe.
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c. 450 BCE - c. 370 BCELife of Antisthenes, found of the Cynic school of philosophy.
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440 BCE - 360 BCELife of Chinese Hedonist Philosopher Yang Zhu.
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430 BCE - c. 354 BCELife of Xenophon of Athens.
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427 BCE - 347 BCELife of Plato.
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427 BCEPlato is born at Athens, Greece.
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407 BCEPlato meets Socrates, abandons aspiration to be playwright.
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c. 404 BCE - 323 BCELife of Greek philosopher Diogenes of Sinope.
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403 BCEPlato turns away from politics toward philosophy.
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399 BCETrial and death of the philosopher Socrates, who taught in the court of the Agora.
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384 BCE - 322 BCELife of Aristotle.
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380 BCEPlato founds his Academy outside of Athens.
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372 BCE - 289 BCELife of the Confucian philosopher Mencius (Mang-Tze).
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367 BCEPlato's second trip to Syracuse.
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343 BCEKing Philip II of Macedon summons Aristotle to tutor his young son Alexander (later 'The Great').
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c. 336 BCE - 265 BCELife of the philosopher Zeno of Citium.
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c. 314 BCEZeno of Citium is shipwrecked and stranded in Athens.
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213 BCEThe Burning of the Books and the Burying of Philosophers Period in China.
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c. 1 CE - c. 100 CEThe Mahayana movement begins in India with its belief in bodhisattva - saintly souls who helped the living.
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89 CEBanished from Rome by Domitian with the other philosophers, Epictetus travels to Nicopolis and sets up a school there.
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c. 108 CEThe historian Arrian studies with Epictetus, records his teachings.
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26 Apr 121 CE - 17 Mar 180 CELife of Marcus Aurelius.
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c. 204 CE - 270 CELife of Plotinus.
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c. 380 CE - c. 418 CELife time of Paulus Orosius.
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c. 470 CE - c. 385 CELife of the philosopher Philolaus, active in Magna Graecia.
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c. 500 CE - c. 600 CEIn India the Tantric expands the number of deities to include helpful demons, contactable through ritual.
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c. 524 CE - c. 525 CEBoethius writes The Consolation of Philosophy while imprisoned by Theodoric in Pavia.
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617 CE - 686 CELife of the Korean Buddhist philosopher Wonhyo.
