Survival of the Fittest Philosophers

The organization of this section is in fun. If you take offense at taking apart religious doctrine for analysis, ask yourself how perfectly you follow their rules. I do respect others’ beliefs and their role in history to get us where we are today, but in light of new knowledge, some ideas have certainly become obsolete and dangerous. This is a great way to roughly point out which ones. It's also a great way to talk about the major philosophical beliefs in history. This section is certainly filled with gross oversimplifications of many arguments, but that's ok because a) this is a website for the general public and not a two-million-word academic dissertation on all philosophers in history, and b) this is surely filled with gross oversimplifications of my ideas as well. This gets the conversation going though and sticks to the rigorous MECE (mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive) frameworks I want to build. Information on the philosophers and their beliefs is largely taken from Wikipedia where further sources are cited properly.

Ancient Philosophy (Pre 450 CE)
Medieval Philosophy (450-1600 CE)
Modern Philosophy (1600-1920 CE)
Contemporary Philosophy (Post 1920 CE)

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