Chronological Flashcards
(15 cards)
What is bc?
Before Christ
What is BCE
Before Common era
Refers to the years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
Before Christ (BC)
What is AD?
Anno Domini
Refers to the years after the birth of Jesus Christ
Anno Domini
means “In the Year of Our Lord” in Latin.
Anno Domini
What’s next to 1 bc?
The year 1 BC is immediately followed by AD 1.
• 5th – 4th century BCE
• Key figures: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
• Focus: Ethics, politics, metaphysics, logic
CLASSICAL PERIOD
• 323 BCE – ~30 BCE
• After the death of Alexander the Great, Greek culture spread across the
Mediterranean
• Key schools of thought: Stoicism (Zeno), Epicureanism (Epicurus),
Skepticism
• Focus: How to achieve personal peace and happiness
HELLENISTIC PERIOD
1st century BCE – 5th century CE ‘
• Roman thinkers built on Greek ideas
• Key figures: Cicero, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius (Stoic emperor), Plotinus (Neoplatonism)
• Focus: Ethics, civic duty, and virtue
ROMAN PHILOSOPHY PERIOD
• 5th-5th century
•Philosophy merged with religious beliefs
• Key figures: St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Avicenna, Maimonides • Focus: Faith + reason, morality, divine law
MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
•14-17th Century
• A “rebirth” of classical (Greek/Roman) learning
• Rise of humanism
• Key figures: Erasmus, Pico della Mirandola, Machiavelli
RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY
•17th - 19th century
•focuson reasons science, and individual rights
• Key figures: Descartes, Kant, John Locke, David Hume
MODERN PHILOSOPHY
• 20th century-present
• Diverse topics: language, mind, politics, technology, existence
• Key figures: Sartre, Foucault, Russell, John Rawls, Judith Butler
CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY
Exploring the Search for Happiness and Inner Peace
hellenistic philosophy
