Philosophy and Philosophers

205-270 Plotinus, Neo-Platonic philosopher

354-430 Augustine, Philosopher and theologian

980-1037 Avicenna (Ibn Sina), Philosopher-scientist

1033-1109 Anselm, Philosopher and theologian

1058-1111 Al-Ghazzali (Algazel), Sufi philosopher and ethicist

1126-1198 Averroës (Muhammad Ibn-Rushd), Aristotelian philosopher

1135-1204 Maimonides (Moses Ben Maimon), Philosopher and Jewish theologian

1225-1274 Thomas Aquinas, Catholic theologian

1280-1349. William of Ockham, English philosopher

Political and Cultural Context

570-632 Prophet Muhammad, (Islam)

1038-1123 Umar Khayyam (Omar Khayyam), Persian scientist and poet

1225 Magna Carta issued in its final form

1307 Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) published the Divine Comedy

1340-1400 Geoffrey Chaucer