The Great Philosophers
Volume 2: Late Antiquity & the Early Medieval World
8 volumes · 316 chapters · Published 2 Nov 2026
The first 5 chapters of each volume free
Volumes
Vol 2 of 8Vol 2 · Late Antiquity & the Early Medieval World
40 chapters, 41–80. The first five are free to read here.
- 41Philo of AlexandriaFree to read · 17 min#PhiloOfAlexandria
- 42Seneca the YoungerFree to read · 16 min#Seneca
- 43Wang ChongFree to read · 17 min#WangChong
- 44PlutarchFree to read · 18 min#Plutarch
- 45EpictetusFree to read · 17 min#Epictetus
- 46Marcus AureliusNot in the free sample · 18 min#MarcusAurelius
- 47NāgārjunaNot in the free sample · 18 min#Nagarjuna
- 48Sextus EmpiricusNot in the free sample · 17 min#SextusEmpiricus
- 49PatañjaliNot in the free sample · 17 min#Patanjali
- 50OrigenNot in the free sample · 18 min#Origen
- 51PlotinusNot in the free sample · 19 min#Plotinus
- 52PorphyryNot in the free sample · 17 min#Porphyry
- 53IamblichusNot in the free sample · 16 min#Iamblichus
- 54AsaṅgaNot in the free sample · 17 min#Asanga
- 55VasubandhuNot in the free sample · 20 min#Vasubandhu
- 56Ishvarakṛṣṇa (Īśvarakṛṣṇa)Not in the free sample · 17 min#Ishvarakrishna
- 57Hypatia of AlexandriaNot in the free sample · 18 min#HypatiaOfAlexandria
- 58Augustine of HippoNot in the free sample · 19 min#AugustineOfHippo
- 59BuddhaghosaNot in the free sample · 17 min#Buddhaghosa
- 60ProclusNot in the free sample · 17 min#Proclus
- 61BhartṛhariNot in the free sample · 17 min#Bhartrihari
- 62BoethiusNot in the free sample · 19 min#Boethius
- 63DignāgaNot in the free sample · 19 min#Dignaga
- 64Pseudo-Dionysius the AreopagiteNot in the free sample · 17 min#PseudoDionysiusTheAreopagite
- 65CandrakīrtiNot in the free sample · 18 min#Candrakirti
- 66DharmakīrtiNot in the free sample · 19 min#Dharmakirti
- 67Kumārila BhaṭṭaNot in the free sample · 18 min#KumarilaBhatta
- 68Ādi ŚaṅkaraNot in the free sample · 19 min
- 69ŚāntarakṣitaNot in the free sample · 16 min#Shantarakshita
- 70Al-KindīNot in the free sample · 19 min#AlKindi
- 71John Scotus EriugenaNot in the free sample · 17 min#JohnScotusEriugena
- 72Al-Rāzī (Rhazes)Not in the free sample · 18 min#AlRazi
- 73Al-FārābīNot in the free sample · 19 min#AlFarabi
- 74Saadia GaonNot in the free sample · 17 min#SaadiaGaon
- 75Vācaspati MiśraNot in the free sample · 17 min#VacaspatiMishra
- 76AbhinavaguptaNot in the free sample · 17 min#Abhinavagupta
- 77Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)Not in the free sample · 20 min#IbnSina
- 78Zhou DunyiNot in the free sample · 17 min#ZhouDunyi
- 79RāmānujaNot in the free sample · 19 min
- 80Ibn Gabirol (Avicebron)Not in the free sample · 18 min#SolomonIbnGabirol
People in this volume
Every person in the book has a hashtag. Tap one to see how I read today's news through them.
- #PhiloOfAlexandria
- #Seneca
- #WangChong
- #Plutarch
- #Epictetus
- #MarcusAurelius
- #Nagarjuna
- #SextusEmpiricus
- #Patanjali
- #Origen
- #Plotinus
- #Porphyry
- #Iamblichus
- #Asanga
- #Vasubandhu
- #Ishvarakrishna
- #HypatiaOfAlexandria
- #AugustineOfHippo
- #Buddhaghosa
- #Proclus
- #Bhartrihari
- #Boethius
- #Dignaga
- #PseudoDionysiusTheAreopagite
- #Candrakirti
- #Dharmakirti
- #KumarilaBhatta
- #Shantarakshita
- #AlKindi
- #JohnScotusEriugena
- #AlRazi
- #AlFarabi
- #SaadiaGaon
- #VacaspatiMishra
- #Abhinavagupta
- #IbnSina
- #ZhouDunyi
- #SolomonIbnGabirol
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