In the footsteps of the greatest manuals of the history of philosophy, this book aims to offer both the student and the initiated reader a record of the leading thinkers who carved the various paths of philosophy through which modernity emerged. From the genealogical practice of myth to Plethon, the last thinker of the Middle Ages, who continues to connect the genealogical myth with metaphysics, the inexhaustible wealth of intellect is described, with a focus on highlighting the prevailing currents, as opposed to the multitude of human philosophical experiences, most of which have been lost forever, while others remain in the shadows. (...) In the first volume, ancient thought is presented, from the time of the primordial production of myths to the emergence of Neoplatonism and Origen (3rd century AD). [Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]