Greek philosophy Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/Greek-philosophy Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/Greek-philosophy Also known as: ancient Greek philosophy Written by Kurt von Fritz Professor of Classical Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Author of Die griechische Geschichtesschreibung (vol. 1) and numerous others. Kurt von Fritz Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Aug 21, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents Also called: ancient Greek philosophy (Show more) Key People: Socrates Aristotle Plato Philo Judaeus Plotinus (Show more) Greek philosophy, in the history of Western philosophy, the foundational and profound philosophical contributions of the leading thinkers of ancient Greece, including the pre-Socratic cosmologists of the 6th and 5th centuries bce; the intellectual giants of Classical Athens—Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; and the Hellenistic founders of Stoicism, Epicureanism, and other major schools of Greco-Roman philosophy. Because the earliest Greek philosophers of classical antiquity focused their attention upon the origin and nature of the physical world, they are often called cosmologists, or naturalists. Although monistic views (which trace the origin of the world to a single substance) prevailed at first, they ...(100 of 8982 words)

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