Job
550–450 BCEHellenistic Judaism
Job, hero of the anonymous Hebrew Book of Job: a blameless man of Uz who lost everything, refused to call it deserved and demanded an answer from God.
1 work · 64 passages grounded
The collection
The Philosophers
Every thinker here answers out of their own texts. Choose a voice and put your question to it.
- Philosophers
- 148
- Works
- 843
- Passages
- 298k+
- Centuries spanned
- 26
When the thinkers were born — philosophers per century
| Century | Philosophers born |
|---|---|
| 7th c. BCE | 3 |
| 6th c. BCE | 3 |
| 5th c. BCE | 2 |
| 4th c. BCE | 2 |
| 3rd c. BCE | 3 |
| 2nd c. BCE | 4 |
| 1st c. BCE | 4 |
| 1st c. CE | 4 |
| 2nd c. CE | 4 |
| 3rd c. CE | 1 |
| 4th c. CE | 5 |
| 5th c. CE | 6 |
| 6th c. CE | 1 |
| 7th c. CE | 4 |
| 8th c. CE | 1 |
| 9th c. CE | 4 |
| 10th c. CE | 4 |
| 11th c. CE | 10 |
| 12th c. CE | 4 |
| 13th c. CE | 5 |
| 14th c. CE | 3 |
| 15th c. CE | 3 |
| 16th c. CE | 9 |
| 17th c. CE | 9 |
| 18th c. CE | 21 |
| 19th c. CE | 29 |
Which traditions they come from — philosophers per tradition
- The Western tradition 87
- The Indian tradition 29
- The Chinese tradition 15
- The Japanese tradition 6
- The Jewish tradition 6
- The Islamic and Persian tradition 5
| Tradition | Philosophers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| The Western tradition | 87 | 59% |
| The Indian tradition | 29 | 20% |
| The Chinese tradition | 15 | 10% |
| The Japanese tradition | 6 | 4% |
| The Jewish tradition | 6 | 4% |
| The Islamic and Persian tradition | 5 | 3% |
What the corpus argues about — share of the canon per question
| Question | Share of the canon |
|---|---|
| Mind and knowledge | 11.5% |
| Metaphysics and the cosmos | 10% |
| Politics and power | 9.5% |
| Ethics and the good life | 7.8% |
| Logic and language | 4.4% |
| Being and existence | 4.1% |
5 philosophers match
By year of birth
6th c. BCE
1 in the arena
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550 BCE
3rd c. BCE
2 in the arena
150 years without a voice
300 BCE
Qohelet
300–230 BCEHellenistic Judaism
Qohelet, the voice of Ecclesiastes: on hating life and loving the light, a God whose work cannot be found out, and why two are better than one.
1 work · 18 passages grounded
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230 BCE
Ben Sira
230–170 BCEHellenistic Judaism
Ben Sira, a Jerusalem scribe of the early second century BCE, taught that wisdom begins in fearing God and lives in the Law of Moses.
1 work · 119 passages grounded
1st c. BCE
2 in the arena
110 years without a voice
60 BCE
Pseudo-Solomon
60 BCE – 10 CEHellenistic Judaism
Pseudo-Solomon, the unnamed Greek-speaking Jew behind the Wisdom of Solomon, argues in a king's voice that justice is immortal and wisdom a gift.
1 work · 36 passages grounded
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20 BCE
Philo of Alexandria
20 BCE – 50 CEHellenistic Judaism
Philo of Alexandria read the Law of Moses as the best of Greek philosophy, taught by Moses first. Allegorist, Platonist, envoy to the emperor Caligula.
30 works · 2,924 passages grounded