Mythic Consciousness
Understanding the world through myth, ritual, and collective narrative before the emergence of individual philosophical thinking.
Prehistory – 800 BCE Explore →Axial Age
The emergence of individual consciousness and philosophical thinking across civilizations - Buddhism, Greek philosophy, Hebrew prophets.
800 – 200 BCE Explore →Late Classical & Stoicism
The development of practical philosophy, Stoicism, and the synthesis of Greek thought with Roman practicality.
200 BCE – 400 CE Explore →Christian Late Antiquity
The integration of Christian theology with classical philosophy, Augustine, and the formation of medieval worldview.
400 – 1000 CE Explore →High Middle Ages
Scholasticism, the rediscovery of Aristotle, and the synthesis of reason and faith in figures like Thomas Aquinas.
1000 – 1300 CE Explore →Crisis of Faith
The breakdown of medieval synthesis, nominalism, and the questioning of traditional authorities and certainties.
1300 – 1500 CE Explore →Renaissance Humanism
The rediscovery of classical texts, emphasis on human dignity, and the birth of individualistic thinking.
1400 – 1600 CE Explore →Scientific Revolution
The emergence of modern science, empirical method, and the mechanistic worldview through Galileo, Newton, and Descartes.
1600 – 1700 CE Explore →Enlightenment
The age of reason, individual rights, and scientific progress with thinkers like Locke, Hume, Kant, and Voltaire.
1700 – 1800 CE Explore →Romantic & Idealist Reaction
The counter-movement emphasizing emotion, imagination, and organic thinking through German Idealism and Romanticism.
1800 – 1850 CE Explore →Crisis of Modernity
The questioning of progress, traditional values, and reason through Darwin, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud.
1850 – 1945 CE Explore →Post-War Fragmentation
The breakdown of grand narratives, existentialism, postmodernism, and the questioning of universal truths.
1945 – 1990 CE Explore →Networked/Posthuman Era
Digital consciousness, AI, globalization, and the questioning of human-centered perspectives in philosophy.
1990 – Present Explore →