← Zhuangzi⏳ c. 369 BC–286 BC
🦋 Who lived at the same time as Zhuangzi?
Every thinker below, drawn from the AGORA universe with attested dates, genuinely overlapped with Zhuangzi (c. 369 BC–286 BC) — they may never have met, but they breathed the air of the same age.
Contemporaries (overlapping lives) · 8
🌱Menciusc. 372 BC–289 BC · 80 years of overlapThinker of the Warring States Period, Proposer of the Confucian "Innate Goodness of Human Nature"🌫️Pyrrhoc. 360 BC–270 BC · 74 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of the Skeptic School🍇Epicurus341 BC–270 BC · 55 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of the Epicurean School🏛️Zenoc. 334 BC–262 BC · 48 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of the Stoic School📚Aristotle384 BC–322 BC · 47 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of Logic and of the Lyceum🕯️Diogenesc. 412 BC–323 BC · 46 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Representative Figure of the Cynic School📜Xunzic. 313 BC–238 BC · 27 years of overlapThinker of the Late Warring States Period, Proposer of the Confucian "Innate Badness of Human Nature"💡Platoc. 427 BC–347 BC · 22 years of overlapAncient Greek Philosopher, Proposer of the Theory of Forms, Founder of the Academy
Near misses (within 60 years) · 3
⚖️Han Feizic. 280 BC–233 BC · born 6 years after Zhuangzi diedThinker of the Late Warring States Period, the Great Synthesizer of Legalist Thought⚙️Mozic. 470 BC–391 BC · died 22 years before Zhuangzi was bornThinker of the Warring States Period, Founder of the Mohist School❓Socratesc. 470 BC–399 BC · died 30 years before Zhuangzi was bornAncient Greek Philosopher, Founder of the "Socratic Method"