Anaxagoras · Socrates Were Anaxagoras and Socrates alive at the same time? Yes. Anaxagoras and Socrates were alive at the same time, from c. 470 BC to c. 428 BC. Anaxagoras5th-century BC Greek philosopherBorn c. 500 BC · died c. 428 BCSocrates5th-century BCE Greek philosopherBorn c. 470 BC · died 399 BC ConfuciusAeschylusAnaxagorasSophoclesHerodotusSocratesHippocratesAristophanes Anaxagoras and Socrates in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.