Timeline of the Lives of a Number of Western and Eastern Philosophy By eloise.goodman 623 BCE Buddha Was Born in Lumbini, Nepal 601 BCE Laozi (or Lao Tzu) Was Born in Quren, China 551 BCE Confucius Was Born in Shandong Province, China 544 BCE Sun Tzu Was Born in Qi, China 531 BCE Laozi Went to the West and was Never Heard From Again 479 BCE Confucius Died of Natural Causes 470 BCE Socrates Was Born in Alopece, Greece 470 BCE Sun Tzu Died of Unknown Causes 428 BCE Plato Was Born in Athens, Greece 400 BCE Buddha Reached Parinirvana 399 BCE Socrates Died (From Drinking Hemlock) 384 BCE Aristotle Was Born in Stagira, Greece 347 BCE Plato Died of Natural Causes 322 BCE Aristotle Died (From Stomach Disease) 1596 René Descartes Was Born in Indre-et-Loire, France 1650 René Descartes Died (From Pneumonia) 1685 George Berkeley Was Born in Kilkenny, Ireland May 7, 1711 David Hume Was Born in EdinBurgh, Scotland 1724 Immanuel Kant Was Born 1753 George Berkeley Died (of Heart Failure) 1776 Hume Died (and Posthumously Published "Dialogues concerning Natural Religion”) 1804 Immanuel Kant Died (of Old Age)
