← Mozi⏳ c. 470 BC–391 BC
⚙️ Who lived at the same time as Mozi?
Every thinker below, drawn from the AGORA universe with attested dates, genuinely overlapped with Mozi (c. 470 BC–391 BC) — they may never have met, but they breathed the air of the same age.
Contemporaries (overlapping lives) · 3
❓Socratesc. 470 BC–399 BC · 71 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of the "Socratic Method"💡Platoc. 427 BC–347 BC · 36 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Proposer of the Theory of Forms, Founder of the Academy🕯️Diogenesc. 412 BC–323 BC · 21 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Representative Figure of the Cynic School
Near misses (within 60 years) · 10
🗿Xenophanesc. 570 BC–475 BC · died 5 years before Mozi was bornAncient Greek Philosopher, an Early Critic of Anthropomorphic Conceptions of the Gods📚Aristotle384 BC–322 BC · born 7 years after Mozi diedAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of Logic and of the Lyceum📖Confucius551 BC–479 BC · died 9 years before Mozi was bornThinker of the Spring and Autumn Period, Founder of Confucianism☸️The Buddhac. 563 BC–483 BC · died 13 years before Mozi was bornAncient Indian Thinker, Proposer of the Buddhist "Four Noble Truths"🌱Menciusc. 372 BC–289 BC · born 19 years after Mozi diedThinker of the Warring States Period, Proposer of the Confucian "Innate Goodness of Human Nature"🦋Zhuangzic. 369 BC–286 BC · born 22 years after Mozi diedThinker of the Warring States Period, an Important Developer of Daoist Thought📐Pythagorasc. 570 BC–495 BC · died 25 years before Mozi was bornAncient Greek Philosopher and Mathematician, Proposer of the Doctrine "All Is Number"🌫️Pyrrhoc. 360 BC–270 BC · born 31 years after Mozi diedAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of the Skeptic School🍇Epicurus341 BC–270 BC · born 50 years after Mozi diedAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of the Epicurean School🏛️Zenoc. 334 BC–262 BC · born 57 years after Mozi diedAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of the Stoic School