* Pythagoras (c.570 BC-c.495 BC) (Greek):
- Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of the information about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he lived, so that very little reliable information is known about him. He was born on the island of Samos, and may have travelled widely in his youth, visiting Egypt and other places seeking knowledge.
- Notable ideas: Pythagorean theorem.
- It was said that he was the first man to call himself a philosopher, or lover of wisdom, and Pythagorean ideas exercised a marked influence on Plato, and through him, all of Western philosophy.
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* Herodotus (c.484 BC-c.425 BC) (Greek) (historian):
- Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria (modern day Bodrum, Turkey). He has been called the "Father of History" since he was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative.
◎ historyforkids.org Learn about Herodotus.
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* Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC):
- Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates (Plato's teacher), Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle's writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy, encompassing morality and aesthetics, logic and science, politics and metaphysics.
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* Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c.276 BC-c.195 BC) (Greek) (geographer):
- Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician, elegiac poet, athlete, geographer, astronomer, and music theorist. He was the first person to use the word "geography" and invented the discipline of geography as we understand it. He was the first person to calculate the circumference of the earth by using a measuring system using stades, or the length of stadiums during that time period (with remarkable accuracy).
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* Platus (c.254 BC-184 BC) (Roman):
- Titus Maccius Plautus (known as Plautus) was a Roman playwright. His comedies are the earliest surviving intact (còn nguyên vẹn) works in Latin literature.
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* Strabo (c.64 BC-24 AD) (Greek) (geographer):
- Strabo was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher. See: Map of the world according to Strabo.
- Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of the information about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he lived, so that very little reliable information is known about him. He was born on the island of Samos, and may have travelled widely in his youth, visiting Egypt and other places seeking knowledge.
- Notable ideas: Pythagorean theorem.
- It was said that he was the first man to call himself a philosopher, or lover of wisdom, and Pythagorean ideas exercised a marked influence on Plato, and through him, all of Western philosophy.
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* Herodotus (c.484 BC-c.425 BC) (Greek) (historian):
- Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria (modern day Bodrum, Turkey). He has been called the "Father of History" since he was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative.
◎ historyforkids.org Learn about Herodotus.
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* Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC):
- Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates (Plato's teacher), Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle's writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy, encompassing morality and aesthetics, logic and science, politics and metaphysics.
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* Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c.276 BC-c.195 BC) (Greek) (geographer):
- Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician, elegiac poet, athlete, geographer, astronomer, and music theorist. He was the first person to use the word "geography" and invented the discipline of geography as we understand it. He was the first person to calculate the circumference of the earth by using a measuring system using stades, or the length of stadiums during that time period (with remarkable accuracy).
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* Platus (c.254 BC-184 BC) (Roman):
- Titus Maccius Plautus (known as Plautus) was a Roman playwright. His comedies are the earliest surviving intact (còn nguyên vẹn) works in Latin literature.
"The gods confound the man who first found out
How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too,
Who in this place set up a sun-dial,
To cut and hack my days so wretchedly
Into small portions. When I was a boy
My belly was my sun-dial; one more sure,
Truer, and more exact than any of them." (Platus ^___^)_____
* Strabo (c.64 BC-24 AD) (Greek) (geographer):
- Strabo was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher. See: Map of the world according to Strabo.
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