Region names the place where a philosophical school actually began. Wikipedia notes Stoicism was "founded in the ancient Agora of Athens," and was "popularized through public teaching at the Stoa Poikile, a painted colonnade" in that same city. This dimension shows which places have produced the schools of thought that shaped later philosophy.
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Era of Emergence Cultural Origin Tradition Cultural Origin Tradition Cultural Origin Tradition Region
Abbasid Iraq and Persia, later al-Andalus (Islamic Spain)
Region
1 entry
Athens, Greece
Region
1 entry
Athens, later the wider Mediterranean world
Region
1 entry
China
Region
1 entry
China (Warring States period and after)
Region
1 entry
Continental Europe
Region
1 entry
Germany, later France
Region
1 entry
India
Region
2 entries
Indian subcontinent
Region
3 entries
Indian subcontinent, later Tibet, China, and Central Asia
Region
1 entry
Indian subcontinent, later Tibet, China, and Japan
Region
1 entry
Iraq, later the broader Sunni Islamic world
Region
1 entry
Italy, later the worldwide Roman Catholic Church
Region
1 entry
Kyoto, Japan
Region
1 entry
New England, chiefly Boston and Concord, Massachusetts
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1 entry
Persia, later the broader Islamic world
Region
1 entry
Roman Empire (Alexandria and Rome)
Region
1 entry
United Kingdom and United States
Region
1 entry
Western Europe
Region
1 entry
Sources
1. Metaphysics (Wikipedia)
WikipediaMetaphysics, 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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