The EncyclopediaA Working Encyclopedia of Philosophers
Constructed with a modern and judicious influence.
A living reference to the thinkers behind the writing — each entry a visual essay, with its own place on the timeline.
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- Antiquity · RomeCicero106–43 BCERome’s greatest orator, and the writer who did more than anyone to carry Greek philosophy into the Western world.
- Antiquity · RomeSenecaSoonc.4 BCE–65 CEStoic philosopher, dramatist, and Nero’s tutor — his letters are the most personal record Stoicism left behind.
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