Philosophers — Philosophy Arena

Philosophers: 38
Works: 291
Passages: 112,227
Centuries spanned: 24

When the thinkers were born — philosophers per century

38 philosophers, born across 15 centuries from the 6th c. BCE to the 19th c. CE. The 18th c. CE is the fullest, with 14.

Philosophers born, by century
Century	Philosophers born
6th c. BCE	1
5th c. BCE	1
4th c. BCE	2
2nd c. BCE	1
1st c. BCE	1
1st c. CE	1
2nd c. CE	1
4th c. CE	1
5th c. CE	1
13th c. CE	2
15th c. CE	1
16th c. CE	2
17th c. CE	3
18th c. CE	14
19th c. CE	6

Which traditions they come from — philosophers per tradition

38 philosophers across 2 traditions. Widths are shares of the roster; the names are in the legend.

The Western tradition 37
The Chinese tradition 1

Philosophers by tradition
Tradition	Philosophers	Share
The Western tradition	37	97%
The Chinese tradition	1	3%

What the corpus argues about — share of the canon per question

The six great questions, ranked by their share of every tagged passage in the corpus. Mind and knowledge leads at 15.3%. A passage can answer to more than one question, so the six do not sum to a whole.

Share of the canon by question
Question	Share of the canon
Mind and knowledge	15.3%
Politics and power	11.5%
Ethics and the good life	9.6%
Metaphysics and the cosmos	9%
Logic and language	5.3%
Being and existence	4.5%

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The Chinese tradition

1 in the arena

Confucianism

Confucianism holds that human excellence develops through education, ritual, ethical conduct, and the careful fulfilment of relationships within family and society. Associated with Confucius in sixth- and fifth-century BCE China, it differs from Legalism by treating moral example and cultivated character—not punishment—as the basis of order. Conduct matters more than force.

1 in the arena

Confucius
551–479 BCE
The Hundred Schools

Against rule by force, moral character became government’s first instrument.
1 works · 144 passages grounded