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Philosophers throughout the history of philosophy have been held in courts and tribunals for various offenses, often as a result of their philosophical activity, and some have even been put to death. The most famous example of a philosopher being put on trial is the case of Socrates , who was tried for, amongst other charges, corrupting the ...
As a potential rival to the increasingly paranoid emperor, Nero exiled him to Asia Minor in 60 AD. [7] He was accompanied into exile by the Stoic philosopher Musonius Rufus. [7] Two years later the Praetorian prefect, Tigellinus, frightened Nero with the accusation that Plautus "had the arrogance of the Stoics, who breed sedition and intrigue". [8]
Diogenes the Cynic, [a] also known as Diogenes of Sinope (c. 413/403–c. 324/321 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism.Renowned for his ascetic lifestyle, biting wit, and radical critiques of social conventions, he became a legendary figure whose life and teachings have been recounted, often through anecdote, in both antiquity and later cultural traditions.
Epictetus (/ ˌ ɛ p ɪ k ˈ t iː t ə s /, EH-pick-TEE-təss; [3] Ancient Greek: Ἐπίκτητος, Epíktētos; c. 50 – c. 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. [4] [5] He was born into slavery at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present-day Pamukkale, in western Turkey) and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece, where he spent the rest of his life.
A figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, known as a philosopher, minister, and professor of divinity. Campbell was primarily interested in rhetoric and faculty psychology. Dimitrie Cantemir: 1673–1723: Moldavian(Romanian) Philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer, and geographer. Émilie du Châtelet: 1706–1749 ...
Italian painter, sculptor and philosopher Richard O'Sullivan [36] 1944 English comedy actor William Onyeabor [37] [38] 1946 2017 Nigerian funk musician Marcel Proust [39] [40] 1871 1922 French novelist of In Search of Lost Time: Thomas Pynchon [32] 1937 American novelist Tommy Quickly [41] 1945 British singer, known for hit song "Tip of My Tongue"
Ancient Greek philosophy began in Miletus with the pre-Socratic philosopher Thales [1] [2] and lasted through Late Antiquity. Some of the most famous and influential philosophers of all time were from the ancient Greek world, including Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. ↵Abbreviations used in this list: c. = circa; fl. = flourished
Gaius Musonius Rufus (/ ˈ r uː f ə s /; Ancient Greek: Μουσώνιος Ῥοῦφος) was a Roman Stoic philosopher of the 1st century AD. He taught philosophy in Rome during the reign of Nero and so was sent into exile in 65 AD, returning to Rome only under Galba.