- Greece defeats the Persians: 480 BC
- end of Golden Age of Greece: 430 BC
- the plague: 420's BC
- philosophers fill the void left by the absence of tragedians after 430
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Top Ten Philosophers
Top ten Greek philosophers:
10. Parmenides, 560 BC - 510 BC
known follower of Pythagoras
only one known work: Is It Or Is It Not?
everything "that is" must have always been
9. Anaxagora, 500 BC - 428 BC
8. Anaximander, 610 BC - 546 BC
7. Empedocles, 490 BC - 430 BC
6. Zeno, 490 BC - 430 BC
5. Pythagoras, 570 BC - 495 BC
4. Socrates, 469 BC - 399 BC
3. Plato, 427 BC - 347 BC
2. Aristotle, 384 BC - 322 BC
1. Thales of Miletus, 620 BC - 546 BC
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