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Philosophy's Multiple Origins

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Systematic philosophy arose independently in several regions: Greek, Indian, and Chinese traditions all took shape in the middle centuries of the first millennium BCE.

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While Socrates questioned Athens, Confucians and Mohists debated ethics in China, and Upanishadic thinkers argued about the self in India.

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"Philosophy began in Greece" describes one lineage, not the discipline.