5988 | Anaximander produced the first philosophy book (and maybe the first book) [Anaximander, by Bodnár] |
3060 | Plato never mentions Democritus, and wished to burn his books [Plato, by Diog. Laertius] |
24146 | All the major problems were formulated before Socrates [Nietzsche] |
2900 | I revere Heraclitus [Nietzsche] |
12036 | Xenophanes began the concern with knowledge [Annas] |
20455 | Philosophy really got started as the rival mode of discourse to tragedy [Critchley] |
21355 | The Pre-Socratics are not simple naturalists, because they do not always 'leave the gods out' [Leroi] |