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| Date | Page | It said | It now says | Source |
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| 31 Oct 2026 | Dong Zhongshu Dates | 179 – 104 BCE | c. 179 – c. 104 BCE | britannica.com |
| 31 Oct 2026 | This week in philosophy: 31 October to 6 November MIT dates the thesis 1940. Sources for every date were added to the essay at the same time. | In his master's thesis of 1937 Claude Shannon showed … | In his master's thesis at MIT, Claude Shannon showed … | dspace.mit.edu |
| 30 Oct 2026 | Ibn Bajja Dates | c. 1085 – 1138 | c. 1085 – 1139 | plato.stanford.edu |
| 30 Oct 2026 | Raghunātha Śiromaṇi Dates | c. 1460 – 1540 | c. 1460/1475 – c. 1540/1550 | britannica.com |
| 30 Oct 2026 | Thales Dates | c. 624 – 546 BCE | c. 620 – c. 546 BCE | iep.utm.edu |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Sextus Empiricus Dates | fl. 2nd century CE | fl. c. 2nd–3rd century CE | plato.stanford.edu |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Adam Elga Dates | active 2000s – present | fl. 2000s – present | swh.princeton.edu |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Adi Shankara Dates | c. 700 – 750 CE (traditional dates 788 – 820) | c. 700 – c. 750 CE (older scholarly dating 788 – 820 CE) | plato.stanford.edu |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Ajita Kesakambali Dates | contemporary of the Buddha (c. 5th century BCE) | fl. c. 5th century BCE (contemporary of the Buddha) | accesstoinsight.org |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Al-Farabi Dates | c. 870 – 950 | c. 870 – 950 or 951 | plato.stanford.edu |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Epictetus Dates | c. 50 – c. 135 CE | c. 55 – c. 135 CE | iep.utm.edu |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Gautama (Akṣapāda) Dates | trad. c. 2nd century CE | c. 2nd century CE (disputed) | plato.stanford.edu |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Maimonides Dates | 1138 – 1204 | 1135 or 1138 – 1204 | plato.stanford.edu |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Mencius Dates | trad. c. 372 – 289 BCE | trad. c. 372 – c. 289 BCE | britannica.com |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Plato Dates | c. 428 – 348 BCE | 428/427 – 348/347 BCE | britannica.com |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Suhrawardi Dates | 1154 – 1191 | c. 1154 – 1191/2 | plato.stanford.edu |
| 28 Oct 2026 | The Buddha Dates | c. 480 – 400 BCE (disputed) | fl. c. 450 BCE (trad. c. 560 – 480 BCE) | plato.stanford.edu |
| 28 Oct 2026 | Zhuangzi Dates | c. 369 – c. 286 BCE | c. 369 – c. 298 or 286 BCE | iep.utm.edu |