Who Was Alive

Were Antisthenes and Aristotle alive at the same time?

Yes. Antisthenes and Aristotle were alive at the same time, from 384 BC to 365 BC.

Antisthenes was 60 or 61 when Aristotle was born.

Antisthenes

Antisthenes

Athenian philosopher

Born 445 BC · died 365 BC

Aristotle

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Born 384 BC · died 322 BC, aged 61 or 62

  1. Sophocles, c. 496 – c. 406 BC
  2. Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
  3. Socrates, c. 470 – 399 BC
  4. Hippocrates, c. 460 – c. 370 BC
  5. Antisthenes, 445–365 BC
  6. Diogenes, c. 400 – c. 323 BC
  7. Aristotle, 384–322 BC
  8. Chanakya, 375–283 BC
  9. Alexander the Great, 356–323 BC
  10. Epicurus, 342–270 BC

Antisthenes and Aristotle in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Antisthenes and Aristotle were born

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