Greek Classics (Philosophy)

Greek Classical (formerly Attic Philosophy ) describes the period between the pre-Socratics and the Hellenistic - Roman philosophy within the history of philosophy. The center of the Greek Classical period was Athens , it lasted approximately from 420 BC. Until 300 BC And falls in the epoch of the philosophy of antiquity .

The most important philosophers of this time were Socrates , Plato and Aristotle . Other early representatives were Aeschines from Sphettus and Xenophon .

Schools and currents

During the Greek Classical period there were a number of schools and currents, some of which lasted beyond the Greek Classical period. However, some of the schools already referred to by ancient philosophers as this were retrospective, possibly non-historical constructions, which served to group several thinkers together.

• Megarians , 5th to 3rd centuries BC BC, founded by Euclid of Megara
• Platonic Academy , 4th century BC BC to 6th century (with interruptions and new foundations), founded by Plato
• Elish-Eretrian School , 4th to 3rd centuries BC BC, founded by Phaedo of Elis or Menedemus of Eretria
• Cyrenaic , 4th to 3rd century BC BC, founded by Aristippus of Cyrene
• Cynic , 4th century BC BC to 5th century (with longer interruptions), founded by Antisthenes
• Peripatos , 4th to 1st century BC BC, founded by Aristotle

literature

• Klaus Döring : Socrates, the Socratics and the traditions they founded . In: Hellmut Flashar (ed.): Outline of the history of philosophy . The philosophy of antiquity , Volume 2/1, Schwabe, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7965-1036-1 , pp. 139–364
• Kurt Raaflaub (ed.): Beginnings of political thought in antiquity. The Middle Eastern cultures and the Greeks (= writings of the Historical College . Colloquia. Vol. 24). Munich 1993, ISBN 3-486-55993-1 ( digitized ).