philography

# Philograph — History of Philosophy, Summarized & Visualized

An interactive visualization of the history of philosophy, showing the relationships — agreements and disagreements — between the ideas of 100 major philosophers across Western and Eastern traditions.

## Features

- **Dual Traditions** — Switch between Western (50 philosophers) and Eastern/Chinese (50 philosophers) philosophical traditions

- **Idea Map** — Each philosopher is represented by 3–13 key ideas, displayed as an interactive node graph

- **Connection Lines** — Agreements and disagreements between ideas are visualized as connection lines (333 total)

- **Branch Filtering** — Filter by philosophical branches (Metaphysics, Ethics, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, etc.)

- **Bilingual** — Full support for English and Chinese (中文), auto-detected from browser language

- **Dark Mode** — Built-in dark/light theme toggle

- **Zoom & Pan** — Drag to navigate, scroll to zoom the canvas

- **Index** — Quick jump to any philosopher

- **Responsive** — Works on desktop and tablet screens

## Credits

Inspired by [Deniz Cem Önduygu's original Philographics](https://www.denizcemonduygu.com/philo/browse/).