Ancient · c. 470–385 BC
Who influenced Philolaus?
Influences and legacy
Pythagorean who first wrote the doctrine down and taught that the Earth moves.
Philolaus was influenced by Pythagoras, and went on to influence Plato. That is 2 lines of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
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Who was Philolaus?
Philolaus was a Pythagorean born in a Greek colony in Italy who later moved to Greece. He may have been the first to write down Pythagorean doctrine, and most of what we know of Pythagorean astronomy comes from him.
He held that everything is built from the limiting and the limitless joined in harmony. He moved the Earth from the centre of the universe and placed a Central Fire there, with the Earth and the Sun circling it, the earliest known step towards a heliocentric picture.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced Philolaus?
1 direct influence on this map, earliest first.
- Pythagoras c. 570–495 BC
Who did Philolaus influence?
1 thinker on this map draws directly on Philolaus.
- Plato c. 428–348 BC
The line of teachers behind Philolaus
The longest documented line of influence ending at Philolaus runs 3 generations back, to Thales of Miletus.
Two steps away from Philolaus
Indirect influences
- Through Pythagoras: Anaximander
The second generation
Contemporaries of Philolaus
Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Philolaus, with no direct line between them.
- Socrates c. 470–399 BC
- Aspasia c. 470–400 BC
- Prodicus c. 465–395 BC
- Democritus c. 460–370 BC
- Gorgias c. 485–380 BC
- Protagoras c. 490–420 BC
- Empedocles c. 494–434 BC
- Antisthenes c. 446–366 BC
Philolaus by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 1
- Direct followers
- 1
- Thinkers upstream
- 3
- Thinkers downstream
- 196
- Wikipedia languages
- 46 — #43 of 54 among ancient philosophers
- Card rarity
- Rare
Questions about Philolaus
- Who influenced Philolaus?
- Pythagoras.
- Who did Philolaus influence?
- Plato.
- When did Philolaus live?
- c. 470–385 BC. The map files Philolaus under the ancient world.
- How rare is the Philolaus card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Philolaus in 46 languages, which makes it a Rare card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
More ancient philosophers
- Confucius 551–479 BC
- Aristotle 384–322 BC
- Plato c. 428–348 BC
- Socrates c. 470–399 BC
- Pythagoras c. 570–495 BC
- Laozi c. 6th c. BC
- Cicero 106–43 BC
- Thales of Miletus c. 624–546 BC