A key thing the remember is that western philosophy is an invented category that I'm pretty sure (just like the concept of "the west") only came about in the 18th or 19th century (see this graph ).
This especially true with ancient thinkers like Socrates or Plato. They are only in the "western" tradition post-hoc because they predate the conception of the west by thousands of years. Historically, Socrates and Plato are just as much part of the Islamic philosophical tradition.
Yes, this is often overlooked, similarly to how the "empiricist vs rationalist" debate was probably overinflated in it's importance after the death of Hume and Leibnez by Kantians.
A key thing the remember is that western philosophy is an invented category that I'm pretty sure (just like the concept of "the west") only came about in the 18th or 19th century (see this graph ).
This especially true with ancient thinkers like Socrates or Plato. They are only in the "western" tradition post-hoc because they predate the conception of the west by thousands of years. Historically, Socrates and Plato are just as much part of the Islamic philosophical tradition.
Yes, this is often overlooked, similarly to how the "empiricist vs rationalist" debate was probably overinflated in it's importance after the death of Hume and Leibnez by Kantians.