List of philosophers born in the 1st through 10th centuries explained
Philosophers born in the 1st to 10th centuries (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically:
Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.
A
- Abbo of Fleury, (c. 950 – 1004)
- Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad, (c. 935 – 1025)
- Abd al-Salam al-Jubba'i, (died 933)
- Abhinavagupta, (fl. c. 975 – 1025)
- Abū Ḥanīfa, (c. 699 – 767)
- Abu al-Hudhayl, (c. 750 – 840/850)
- Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, (787 – 886)
- Abu Said Al-Sirafi, (died 979)
- Abu Tammam, (859 – 937/947)
- Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, (c. 850 – 934)
- Adi Shankara, (c. 788 – 820)
- Aedesius, (died 355)
- Agrippa the Sceptic, (1st/2nd century)
- Albinus, (c. 130)
- Alcinous, (2nd century)
- Alcuin, (c. 740 – 804)
- Alexander of Aphrodisias, (2nd century)
- Alhazen (or Ibn al-Haytham), (965 – c. 1040)
- Ali ibn Abbas al-Majusi, (died c. 982)
- Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī (December 973 – May 1057 CE)
- Ambrose, (c. 340 – 397)
- Abu'l Hasan Muhammad Ibn Yusuf al-'Amiri, (died 992)
- Ammonius Hermiae, (5th century)
- Ammonius Saccas, (3rd century)
- Anandavardhana, (820 – 890)
- Apollonius of Tyana, (2 – 98)
- Apuleius, (c. 123 – c. 180)
- Aristides, (fl. 2nd century)
- Arius, (256 – 336)
- Al-Ash'ari, (874 – 936)
- Asanga, (c. 4th century)
- Aspasius, (c. 100 – 150)
- Athanasius of Alexandria, (298 – 373)
- Augustine of Hippo, (354 – 430)
- Marcus Aurelius, (121 – 180)
- Avicenna (or Ibn Sina), (980 – 1037)
B
C
- Calcidius, (4th century)
- Candidus Wizo, (fl. 793 – 803)
- Candrakirti, (born c. 600)
- Celsus of Alexandria, (2nd century)
- Candrakirti, (7th century)
- Cheng Hsuan (or Zheng Xuan), (127 – 200)
- Chih Tun (or Zhi Dun), (314 – 366)
- Chrysanthius, (4th century)
- Clement of Alexandria, (2nd – 3rd century)
- Cleomedes, (2nd century)
- Cyril of Alexandria, (376 – 444)
D
- Damascius, (c. 462 – 540)
- David the Invincible, (late 6th century)
- David ibn Merwan al-Mukkamas, (9th century)
- Dawud ibn Khalaf, (815/8 – 874)
- Demetrius the Cynic, (1st century)
- Dharmakirti, (c. 7th century)
- Dignaga, (c. 480 – c. 540)
- Diogenes Laërtius, (3rd century)
- Diogenes of Oenoanda, (2nd century)
- Dirar ibn 'Amr, (c. 728 – 815)
- Dunash ibn Tamim, (10th century)
E
F
G
H
I
- Iamblichus, (c. 245 – c. 325)
- Yahya ibn Adi, (893 – 974)
- Ibn ar-Rawandi, (c. 910)
- Ibn Furak, (c. 941 – 1015)
- Ahmad ibn Hanbal, (780–855)
- Ibn Hazm, (994 – 1069)
- Ibn al-Khammar, (942 – c. 1030)
- Ibn Masarra, (883 – 931)
- Ibn Miskawayh, (940 – 1030)
- Abd-Allāh Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ, (c. 720 – c. 756)
- Ibn al-Rawandi, (died c. 910)
- Ibn al-Tayyib, (died 1043)
- Ikhwan al-Safa', (10th century)
- 'Isa ibn Zur'a, (943 – 1008)
- Isaac Ben Solomon Israeli, (c. 850 – 950)*
- Isidore of Seville, (c. 560 – 636)
- Isvarakrsna, (5th century)
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
- Pelagius, (c. 360 – c. 435)
- Peter the Iberian, (411 – 491)
- Peter of Pisa, (744 – 799)
- Joannes Philoponus, (early 6th century)
- Philostratus, (2nd – 3rd centuries)
- Photios I of Constantinople, (c. 810 – c. 893)78
- Plotinus, (died 270)
- Mestrius Plutarch of Chaeronia, (c. 45 – c. 120)
- Porphyry, (c. 232 – c. 304)
- Prabhākara, (c. 7th century)
- Proclus, (412 – 487)
- Prudentius of Troyes, (died 861)
- Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, (5th century)
- Ptolemy, (c. 85 – c. 165)
Q
R
S
- Saadia Gaon, (892 – 942)
- Ahmad ibn al-Tayyib al-Sarakhsi, (c. 835 – 899)
- Sedulius Scottus, (fl. 840s – 860s)
- Sengzhao, (384 – 414)
- Sextus Empiricus, (2nd/3rd century)
- Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi`i, (767 – 819)
- Sibawayh, (c. 760 – c. 796)
- Siddhasena Divākara, (5th century)
- Abu Sulayman Muhammad al-Sijistani, (c. 932 – c. 1000)
- Abu Yaqub al-Sijistani, (10th century)
- Simplicius of Cilicia, (early 6th century)*
- Syrianus, (5th century)*
T
U
V
W
Y
- Yahya ibn 'Adi, (893 – 974)
Z
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