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Ancient philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (640 words) |
 | Philo of Alexandria (30 BCE - 45 CE) |
| Indian philosophy begins with the Vedas where questions related to laws of nature, the origin of the universe and the place of man in it are asked. |
| Patañjali (between 200 BCE and 400 CE), developed the philosophy of Raja Yoga in his Yoga Sutras. |
| Intro to Modern Humanism, part 2: Ancient Precursors of Humanism (410 words) |
| BCE), known for his theory of atoms, said that all there is, is what we can know through our senses and that the world works naturally and without planning. |
| Epicurus (341-270 BCE) taught that the meaning of life is the pursuit of happiness, with intellectual pleasures being preferable to sensual ones. |
| BCE), Epicurus rejected the notion of an afterlife and believed that the elimination of fears related to gods, dying and the afterlife is essential to true happiness. |
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