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公元前的西方著名哲学家就有，

Thales of Miletus (c. 624 – 546 BC). Of the Milesian school. Believed that all was made of water.

Pherecydes of Syros (c. 620 – c. 550 BC). Cosmologist.

Anaximander of Miletus (c. 610 – 546 BC). Of the Milesian school. Famous for the concept of Apeiron, or "the boundless".

Anaximenes of Miletus (c. 585 – 525 BC). Of the Milesian school. Believed that all was made of air.

Pythagoras of Samos (c. 580 – c. 500 BC). Of the Ionian School. Believed the deepest reality to be composed of numbers, and that souls are immortal.

Xenophanes of Colophon (c. 570 – 480 BC). Sometimes associated with the Eleatic school.

Epicharmus of Kos (c. 530 – 450 BC). Comic playwright and moralist.

Heraclitus of Ephesus (c. 535 – c. 475 BC). Of the Ionians. Emphasized the order and mutability of the universe.

Parmenides of Elea (c. 515 – 450 BC). Of the Eleatics. Reflected on the concept of Being.

Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (c. 500 – 428 BC). Of the Ionians. Pluralist.

Empedocles (492 – 432 BC). Eclectic cosmogonist. Pluralist.

Zeno of Elea (c. 490 – 430 BC). Of the Eleatics. Known for his paradoxes.

Protagoras of Abdera (c. 481 – 420 BC). Sophist. Early advocate of relativism.

Antiphon (480 – 411 BC). Sophist.

Hippias (Middle of the 5th century BC). Sophist.

Gorgias. (c. 483 – 375 BC). Sophist. Early advocate of solipsism.

Socrates of Athens (c. 470 – 399 BC). Emphasized virtue ethics. In epistemology, understood dialectic to be central to the pursuit of truth.

Critias of Athens (c. 460 – 413 BC). Atheist writer and politician.

Prodicus of Ceos (c. 465 – c. 395 BC). Sophist.

Leucippus of Miletus (First half of the 5th century BC). Founding Atomist, Determinist.

Thrasymachus of Miletus (c. 459 – c. 400 BC). Sophist.

Democritus of Abdera (c. 450 – 370 BC). Founding Atomist.

Diagoras of Melos (c. 450 – 415 BC). Atheist.

Archelaus. A pupil of Anaxagoras.

Melissus of Samos. Eleatic.

Cratylus. Follower of Heraclitus.

Ion of Chios. Pythagorean cosmologist.

Echecrates. Pythagorean.

Timaeus of Locri. Pythagorean.

Antisthenes (c. 444 – 365 BC). Founder of Cynicism. Pupil of Socrates.

Aristippus of Cyrene (c. 440 – 366 BC). A Cyrenaic. Advocate of ethical hedonism.

Alcidamas c. 435 – c. 350 BC). Sophist.

Lycophron (Sophist) c. 430 – c. 350 BC). Sophist.

Diogenes of Apollonia (c. 425 BC – c 350 BC). Cosmologist.

Hippo (c. 425 – c 350 BC). Atheist cosmologist.

Xenophon (c. 427 – 355 BC). Historian.

Plato (c. 427 – 347 BC). Famed for view of the transcendental forms. Advocated polity governed by philosophers.

Speusippus (c. 408 – 339 BC). Nephew of Plato.

Eudoxus of Cnidus (c. 408 – 355 BC). Pupil of Plato.

Diogenes of Sinope (c. 399 – 323 BC). Cynic.

Xenocrates (c. 396 – 314 BC). Disciple of Plato.

Aristotle (c. 384 – 322 BC). A polymath whose works ranged across all philosophical fields.

Theophrastus (c. 371 BC–c. 287 BC). Peripatetic.

Pyrrho of Elis (c. 360 – 270 BC). Skeptic.

Strato of Lampsacus (c. 340 BC–c. 268 BC). Atheist, Materialist.

Epicurus (c. 341 – 270 BC). Materialist Atomist, hedonist. Founder of Epicureanism

Zeno of Citium (c. 333 – 264 BC). Founder of Stoicism.

Timon (c. 320 – 230 BC). Pyrrhonist, skeptic.

Chrysippus of Soli (c. 280 – 207 BC). Major figure in Stoicism.

Carneades (c. 214 – 129 BC). Academic skeptic. Understood probability as the purveyor of truth.

Lucretius (c. 99 – 55 BC). Epicurean.

更多公元后的参见Timeline_of_Western_philosophe

巴门尼德(Parmenides) 赫利克里特(Heractitus) 马可·奥勒留(Marcus Aurelius) 柏拉图(Plato） 亚里士多德(Aristotle) 苏格拉底(Socrates） 笛卡尔（Descartes）

问题解答：

两个生僻有意义的英文单词

zodiac和condense

双语解释：

|ˈzəʊdiæk; 美 ˈzoʊ-|the zodiac [单数]

the imaginary area in the sky in which the sun, moon and planets appear to lie, and which has been divided into twelve equal parts each with a special name and symbol

黄道带（天球上的十二个等份区，各有其名称和符号，日、月、行星分布其中）

例句：

the twelve signs of the zodiac黄道十二宫

|kənˈdens|~ (sth) (into sth) to change from a gas into a liquid; to make a gas change into a liquid

（由气体）冷凝；（使气体）凝结

例句：

The steam was condensed rapidly by injecting cold water into the cylinder.由于汽缸中注入了冷水，蒸汽迅速凝结了。