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They were known to the ancient civilisations. Irrational numbers are supposed to have been discovered by Hippassus of Metapontum, a member of the Pythagorean school in ancient Greece (5th Century BC).
Probably the ancient Egyptians who discovered that the diagonal of a unit square was not a rational number. And then discovered other such numbers.
Yes, Euclid was a philosopher of Ancient Greece.
Hipparchus, ancient greek philosopher
an ancient greek philosopher
He was an ancient Chinese Philosopher
Confucius was a great prophet and philosopher in Ancient China in about 551 B.C.
Plato was the ancient Greek philosopher who was the focus of study for Italian humanists.
An ancient Greek mathematician in the era of Pythagoras is said to have been murdered by his fellow secret society members for discovering the (now well-known) proof that square root of 2 is irrational.
Confucius. Are you on the ancient India and china crossword?
Socrates.
Confucius.