Socrates lived in Athens, between the years 470 and 399 B.C.

Platos mother was Perictíone, whose family boasted of a relationship with the famous Athenian lawmaker and lyric poet Solon.

Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) was an important Greek philosopher.

Heraclitus (540-470 BC) was a pre-Socratic philosopher from Asia Minor.