Who Was Alive

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

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

Who was alive at the same time as Aristotle?

  1. Hippocrates
  2. Diogenes of Sinope
  3. Aristotle
  4. Demosthenes
  5. Chanakya
  6. Mencius
  7. Theophrastus
  8. Zhuang Zhou
  9. Alexander the Great
  10. Epicurus
  11. Zeno of Citium
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Aristotle died, Epicurus was 19 or 20 and Chanakya was 52 or 53.

Born during Aristotle’s lifetime: Alexander the Great, Epicurus, Chanakya, Mencius, Theophrastus, Zhuang Zhou and Zeno of Citium.

Not quite contemporaries: Socrates died 14 years before Aristotle was born and Aristophanes died months before Aristotle was born.

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