Philosophers and Sages Born in Ancient Turkey

• Anaxagoras , Klazomenai 266 From the Language of the Wise, İsmet Zeki Eyüboğlu. Anaxagoras (Anaxagoras): He is a philosopher who lived in the 5th century BC and argued that everything consists of seeds. Anaxagoras (500-428 BC): A philosopher who argued that nous (mind) was the basis of the universe. He was one of the first Ionians to move to Athens and influence Socrates.

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• Anaximander , Miletos 245 From the Language of the Wise, İsmet Zeki Eyüboğlu. Anaximander (Anaximander): Anaximander, a student of Thales, argued that an indefinite and unlimited substance, which he called apeiron, was the source of everything. Anaximander (610-546 BC): He was a student and friend of Thales. He described Apeiron as the basis of all that is limitless and indeterminate.

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Anaximenes,  Miletus. 247 From the Language of the Wise, İsmet Zeki Eyüboğlu. Anaximenes (Anaksimenes): Anaximenes, a student of Anaximander, argued that air was the basis of everything. Anaximenes (585-528 BC): He was a student of Anaximander. He argued that air is the basis of everything.

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• Bias , Priene From the Language of the Sages, İsmet Zeki Eyüboğlu
• Diogenes – Philosopher from Sinope, representative of the philosophical lifestyle known as the Lime Log.
• Epicurus: He lived in the 4th century BC and is the founder of Epicureanism, which advocates that pleasure is the highest good.  Epicurus (341-270 BC): A philosopher who argued that happiness could be achieved by pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain. He is the founder of the philosophy of Epicureanism. Epicurus (Epicurus) – Samian philosopher, founder of the philosophical school of Epicureanism (Hedonism).
• Hattusil 204 From the Language of the Sages, İsmet Zeki Eyüboğlu

•  Heraclitus, Ephesus. 248 From the Language of the Wise, İsmet Zeki Eyüboğlu. Heraclitus (Heraclitus) – Ephesian philosopher, also known as the “Philosopher of the Flames”. Heraclitus:  He was a philosopher who lived in the 5th century BC and argued that everything is in a constant state of change.
• Homer , Izmir. From the Language of the Sages, İsmet Zeki Eyüboğlu
• Hesiod , Kyme, Aiolis From the Language of the Wise, İsmet Zeki Eyüboğlu
• The first sages 237 From the Language of the Sages, İsmet Zeki Eyüboğlu
• Leucippos , Miletos 282 From the Language of the Sages, İsmet Zeki Eyüboğlu

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Thales of Milet