Home›Metaphysics›Tradition›EasternBrowse ByEasternTradition school traces one school of thought back to the earlier school it grew out of. Wikipedia notes "Stoicism emerged from the Cynic tradition," inheriting some of its basic outlook even as it built a far more systematic body of doctrine. This dimension shows the lineage running from one philosophical school to the next.FactsEasternSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested6 BCE 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Greek 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Indian 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Chinese 1EasternFilter Results13 entriesBranch of PhilosophyAllEpistemology (1)Metaphysics (10)Philosophy of Mind (2)Philosophy of Religion (1)Founded ByAllAdi Shankara (1)Al-Farabi (1)Badarayana (1)Kanada (1)Kapila (1)Laozi (1)Nagarjuna (1)Nishida Kitaro (1)Patanjali (1)Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi (1)Vasubandhu (1)Zhuangzi (1)EraAll-770 (1)-400 (1)-300 (1)-200 (2)-100 (1)150 (1)350 (2)800 (1)870 (1)912 (1)1170 (1)1911 (1)RegionAllAbbasid Iraq and Persia, later al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) (1)China (1)China (Warring States period and after) (1)India (2)Indian subcontinent (3)Indian subcontinent, later Tibet, China, and Central Asia (1)Indian subcontinent, later Tibet, China, and Japan (1)Iraq, later the broader Sunni Islamic world (1)Kyoto, Japan (1)Persia, later the broader Islamic world (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 13Advaita VedantaEasternAsh'arismEasternDaoismEasternIlluminationismEasternIslamic PeripateticismEasternKyoto SchoolEasternMadhyamakaEasternSamkhyaEasternVaisheshikaEasternVedantaEasternYin-Yang SchoolEasternYogaEasternYogacaraEasternSources1. Metaphysics (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaMetaphysics, lead section, Greek emergence sentenceIn 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 sentenceIn 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 sentenceAt about the same time in ancient China, the school of Taoism was formed and explored the natural order of the universe.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.