This essay focuses on Other ancient philosophical traditions. Who found the Platonic Academy, and his student Aristotle, who founded the Peripatetic school.

Other ancient philosophical traditions

The student will write a 2–3-page paper in current APA format analyzing the impact of process philosophy on government policy and/or society. The student must include at least 2 references which may include the textbook, scholarly resources, and provided readings.

While our knowledge of the ancient era begins with Thales in the 6th century BCE.

The ancient era was dominate by Greek philosophical schools. Most notable among the schools influenced by Socrates’ teachings were Plato. Who found the Platonic Academy, and his student Aristotle, who founded the Peripatetic school.

Other ancient philosophical traditions influence by Socrates include Cynicism, Cyrenaicism Stoicism, and Academic Skepticism. Two other traditions were influence by Socrates’ contemporary, Democritus. Pyrrhonism and Epicureanism. Important topics covere by the Greeks included metaphysics (with competing theories such as atomism and monism). Cosmology, the nature of the well-lived life, the possibility of knowledge, and the nature of reason (logos).

The Roman empire, Greek philosophy was increasingly discuss in Latin by Romans such as Cicero and Seneca .

Medieval philosophy (5th–16th centuries) is the period following the fall of the. Western Roman Empire and was dominate by the rise of Christianity and hence reflects. Judeo-Christian theological concerns as well as retaining a continuity with Greco-Roman thought. Problems such as the existence and nature of God, the nature of faith and reason, metaphysics. The problem of evil were discuss in this period. Some key Medieval thinkers include St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Boethius, Anselm and Roger Bacon.

Philosophy for these thinkers was viewed as an aid to Theology (ancilla theologiae). And hence they sought to align their philosophy with their interpretation of sacred scripture. This period saw the development of Scholasticism, a text critical method develop in medieval universities base. On close reading and disputation on key texts. The Renaissance period saw increasing focus on classic Greco-Roman thought and on a robust Humanism.

Modern era