Publication era places a work in the year it actually appeared in print. Wikipedia notes the Critique of Pure Reason was published in "1781; second edition 1787," with Kant substantially revising it between the two. Browsing by publication era sets a work in the wider timeline of philosophical history.
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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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