← Diogenes⏳ c. 412 BC–323 BC
🕯️ Who lived at the same time as Diogenes?
Every thinker below, drawn from the AGORA universe with attested dates, genuinely overlapped with Diogenes (c. 412 BC–323 BC) — they may never have met, but they breathed the air of the same age.
Contemporaries (overlapping lives) · 9
💡Platoc. 427 BC–347 BC · 65 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Proposer of the Theory of Forms, Founder of the Academy📚Aristotle384 BC–322 BC · 61 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of Logic and of the Lyceum🌱Menciusc. 372 BC–289 BC · 49 years of overlapThinker of the Warring States Period, Proposer of the Confucian "Innate Goodness of Human Nature"🦋Zhuangzic. 369 BC–286 BC · 46 years of overlapThinker of the Warring States Period, an Important Developer of Daoist Thought🌫️Pyrrhoc. 360 BC–270 BC · 37 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of the Skeptic School⚙️Mozic. 470 BC–391 BC · 21 years of overlapThinker of the Warring States Period, Founder of the Mohist School🍇Epicurus341 BC–270 BC · 18 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of the Epicurean School❓Socratesc. 470 BC–399 BC · 13 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of the "Socratic Method"🏛️Zenoc. 334 BC–262 BC · 11 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of the Stoic School
Near misses (within 60 years) · 2
📜Xunzic. 313 BC–238 BC · born 10 years after Diogenes diedThinker of the Late Warring States Period, Proposer of the Confucian "Innate Badness of Human Nature"⚖️Han Feizic. 280 BC–233 BC · born 43 years after Diogenes diedThinker of the Late Warring States Period, the Great Synthesizer of Legalist Thought