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In group places a philosopher inside the wider circle of thinkers they are counted among. Wikipedia calls Kant "one of the central thinkers of the Enlightenment," a group defined more by a shared intellectual moment than by any single shared doctrine. This dimension gathers philosophers who belong to the same named group.

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Ancient Chinese 1
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1. Metaphysics (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • 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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