Either its famous philosophers lived for a very long time, or they inherited their names, or extra bits had been stitched into history there.
By nature, philosophers lived more inside themselves than did ordinary people.
All other accounts about Democritus given by the ancients appear to agree on the fact that the philosopher lived at least 90 years.
This philosopher, Leon claimed, lived at the time of the prophet Jeremiah, who was his teacher.
An NYU grad student and amateur philosopher who lives on unemployment benefits.
His idol is Jean Piaget who was a psychologist and a philosopher that focused on learning about the stages of kids lives from observations.
During the latter part of his life the philosopher lived in a retired country place at Arcueile.
Thus there was no shortage of money, and the three tame philosophers lived terrifically well.
The great Chinese philosopher Confucius lived during a time of warfare between the Chinese states.
These fundamental differences in thinking are perhaps more to do with the differences in the eras the two philosophers lived in.