Athens » c. 399 bc
Socrates

Pericles
(Democrat)
Herodotus
(Historian)
Plato
"... so that human achievements may not become forgotten in time, and great and marvellous deeds... may not be without their glory" - Herodotus
"He must not be misled by the exaggerated fancies of the poets, or by the tales of chroniclers who seek to please the ear rather than to speak the truth... At such a distance of time he must make up his mind to be satisfied with conclusions resting upon the clearest evidence which can be had. " -Thucydides
Thucydides
('Journalist')
The Sophists
"Our polity does not copy the laws of neighboring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves.

"... the admiration of the present and succeeding ages will be ours..." - Pericles
Aristotle
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"the  Western philosophical tradition... consists of a series of footnotes to Plato." - A.N. Whitehead
tried & executed in 399 bc
Anaxagos
(Philosopher)
World Wide Web
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Wikipedia
2001
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2004
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The Evolution of Memory
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