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This dimension places a philosopher in the historical period when they actually worked. Wikipedia notes Kant "is considered one of the central thinkers of the Enlightenment," an era whose values his own writing helped define. Browsing by era sets a philosopher alongside the peers who were writing during the same period.

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19th century
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Alexius Meinong

19th century

Alfred North Whitehead

19th century

Feng Youlan

19th century

Francisco Romero

19th century

Henri Bergson

19th century

Henry David Thoreau

19th century

Josiah Royce

19th century

Karl Jaspers

19th century

Keiji Nishitani

19th century

Margaret Fuller

19th century

Martin Heidegger

19th century

Nishida Kitaro

19th century

Ralph Waldo Emerson

19th century

Riza Tevfik Bolukbasi

19th century

Sri Aurobindo

19th century

Tanabe Hajime

19th century

Theodore Parker

19th century
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1. Metaphysics (Wikipedia)
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  • Metaphysics, lead section, Greek emergence sentence
    In ancient Greece, metaphysics emerged in the 6th century BCE with the pre-Socratic philosophers, who gave rational explanations of the cosmos as a whole.
  • Metaphysics, lead section, Indian origin sentence
    In ancient India, starting in the 7th century BCE, the Upanishads were written as religious and philosophical texts that examine how ultimate reality constitutes the ground of all being.
  • Metaphysics, lead section, Chinese origin sentence
    At about the same time in ancient China, the school of Taoism was formed and explored the natural order of the universe.
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