Western philosophy
Western philosophy is the school of thinking of Western civilisation. Generally, it is seen to start with the philosophy of Ancient Greece. Its early devleopment mainly occurred in Europe and the countries around the Mediterranean.
It is different from Eastern philosophy, which developed in Asian countries such as China, Persia, Japan, India, Korea and Russia.
Philosophical thought developed in Babylon, and that relating to Islam are sometimes counted as "Eastern", and sometimes as "Western".
Western Philosophy Media
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Ionia, source of early Greek philosophy, in western Asia Minor
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Bust of Socrates, Roman copy after a Greek original from the 4th century BCE
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Aristotle in The School of Athens, by Raphael
Map of Alexander the Great's empire and the route he and Pyrrho of Elis took to India
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Portrait of Epicurus, founder of the Epicurean school. Roman copy after a lost Hellenistic original.
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St. Anselm of Canterbury is credited as the founder of scholasticism.
Erasmus is Credited as the Prince of the Humanists
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Bronze statue of Giordano Bruno by Ettore Ferrari, Campo de' Fiori, Rome
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Portrait of René Descartes, after Frans Hals, second half of 17th century
