List of ancient Greek philosophers

This list of ancient Greek philosophers contains philosophers who studied in ancient Greece or spoke Greek. 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.

This article is missing information about the lives, and, or, significance of the philosophers as shown within the Notes column. (March 2021)

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fl. = flourished

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Name	Life	School	Notes
Acrion	5th/4th century BC	Pythagorean	visited by Plato
Adrastus of Aphrodisias	2nd century AD	Peripatetic	wrote commentaries on Aristotle's works and a commentary on Plato's Timaeus
Aedesia	5th century	Neoplatonic	wife of Hermias, and mother of Ammonius and Heliodorus
Aedesius	3rd/4th century	Neoplatonic	studied under Iamblichus before founding his own school in Pergamum
Aeneas of Gaza	5th/6th century	Neoplatonic	Christian convert who studied under Hierocles
Aenesidemus	1st century BC?	Pyrrhonist	wrote a book called Pyrrhonist Discourses which became a central text for the Pyrrhonists
Aesara	5th/4th century BC	Pythagorean	wrote On Human Nature, of which a fragment is preserved by Stobaeus
Aeschines of Neapolis	2nd/1st century BC	Academic skeptic	shared the leadership of the Academy at Athens together with Charmadas and Clitomachus about 110 BC
Aeschines of Sphettus	5th/4th century BC	Socratic	part of Socrates' circle and likely present at his death
Aetius	4th century AD	Peripatetic	Antiochean convert to Christianity who studied in Alexandria
Agapius	5th/6th century AD	Neoplatonic	studied under Marinus of Neapolis. known for his learning
Agathobulus	1st/2nd century AD	Cynic	known for his severe asceticism and teacher of Demonax
Agathosthenes	uncertain date	geographer, historian or philosopher	referred to by Tzetzes as his authority in matters connected with geography.
Agrippa the Skeptic	1st/2nd century AD	Pyrrhonist	thought to be the creator of the "five grounds of doubt"
Albinus	2nd century AD	Middle Platonist
Alcibiades	450-404 BC	Socratic	Athenian General and Politician
Alcinous	2nd century AD?	Middle Platonist
Alcmaeon of Croton	5th century BC	Pythagorean	interested in medicine
Alexamenus of Teos	5th century BC?	Socratic	may have been the first to write philosophical dialogues
Alexander of Aegae	1st century AD	Peripatetic	tutored the emperor Nero
Alexander of Aphrodisias	2nd/3rd century AD	Peripatetic	influential commentator on the Corpus Aristotelicum
Alexicrates	1st/2nd century AD	Pythagorean
Alexinus	4th/3rd century BC	Megarian	founded his own school which did not fare well
Amelius	3rd century AD	Neoplatonic	student of Plotinus who wrote voluminously
Ammonius Hermiae	5th/6th century AD	Neoplatonic
Ammonius of Athens	1st century AD	Middle Platonist	teacher of Plutarch
Ammonius Saccas	2nd/3rd century AD	Neoplatonic	Plotinus' teacher
Anaxagoras	5th century BC	Pluralist
Anaxarchus	4th century BC	Atomist	first Greek to attempt the problem of squaring the circle
Anaxilaus	1st century BC / 1st century AD	Pythagorean	Banished from Rome for practising magic
Anaximander	7th/6th century BC	Milesian	First to conceive a mechanical model of the world
Anaximenes of Miletus	6th century BC	Milesian
Androcydes	2nd century BC?	Pythagorean
Andronicus of Rhodes	1st century BC	Peripatetic
Anniceris	4th/3rd century BC	Cyrenaic
Antiochus of Ascalon	2nd/1st century BC	Middle Platonist
Antipater of Cyrene	4th century BC	Cyrenaic
Antipater of Tarsus	2nd century BC	Stoic
Antipater of Tyre	1st century BC	Stoic
Antisthenes	5th/4th century BC	Cynic