| 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] |
| 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] |