Sawhappiness(eudaimonia)as the highesthuman goalSupportedphilosopher-kings asideal rulersSaw thesoul asimmortalFoundedtheLyceumschoolExecutedby drinkinghemlock aspunishmentValuedreasonover thesensesFoundedTheAcademyin AthensProposedtheTheory ofFormsBelievedwisdom startswith admittingignorance (“Iknow that Iknow nothing”)Taught theGoldenMean –virtue isbalanceEmphasizeddialogueand criticalthinkingValued thestudy ofnature andclassificationFocused onvirtue andmoral characterrather thanwealth or powerUsed theSocraticMethod –askingquestions toreveal truthCalledhumans“rationalanimals”Student ofSocratesand teacherof AristotleTaught thattheunexaminedlife is notworth livingBelievedreality hastwo worlds –physical andidealAccused ofcorruptingthe youthof Athens“Knowthyself”Student ofPlato, tutorof Alexanderthe GreatDid not writebooks; ideasknownthroughstudentsDevelopedformallogic(syllogism)Believedeverythinghas apurpose(telos)IntroducedtheAllegory ofthe CaveSawhappiness(eudaimonia)as the highesthuman goalSupportedphilosopher-kings asideal rulersSaw thesoul asimmortalFoundedtheLyceumschoolExecutedby drinkinghemlock aspunishmentValuedreasonover thesensesFoundedTheAcademyin AthensProposedtheTheory ofFormsBelievedwisdom startswith admittingignorance (“Iknow that Iknow nothing”)Taught theGoldenMean –virtue isbalanceEmphasizeddialogueand criticalthinkingValued thestudy ofnature andclassificationFocused onvirtue andmoral characterrather thanwealth or powerUsed theSocraticMethod –askingquestions toreveal truthCalledhumans“rationalanimals”Student ofSocratesand teacherof AristotleTaught thattheunexaminedlife is notworth livingBelievedreality hastwo worlds –physical andidealAccused ofcorruptingthe youthof Athens“Knowthyself”Student ofPlato, tutorof Alexanderthe GreatDid not writebooks; ideasknownthroughstudentsDevelopedformallogic(syllogism)Believedeverythinghas apurpose(telos)IntroducedtheAllegory ofthe Cave

GREEK PHILOSOPHERS - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. O-Saw happiness (eudaimonia) as the highest human goal
  2. O-Supported philosopher-kings as ideal rulers
  3. G-Saw the soul as immortal
  4. B-Founded the Lyceum school
  5. G-Executed by drinking hemlock as punishment
  6. I-Valued reason over the senses
  7. O-Founded The Academy in Athens
  8. N-Proposed the Theory of Forms
  9. G-Believed wisdom starts with admitting ignorance (“I know that I know nothing”)
  10. N-Taught the Golden Mean – virtue is balance
  11. I-Emphasized dialogue and critical thinking
  12. B-Valued the study of nature and classification
  13. O-Focused on virtue and moral character rather than wealth or power
  14. I-Used the Socratic Method – asking questions to reveal truth
  15. G-Called humans “rational animals”
  16. I-Student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle
  17. O-Taught that the unexamined life is not worth living
  18. B-Believed reality has two worlds – physical and ideal
  19. B-Accused of corrupting the youth of Athens
  20. B-“Know thyself”
  21. N-Student of Plato, tutor of Alexander the Great
  22. N-Did not write books; ideas known through students
  23. G-Developed formal logic (syllogism)
  24. I-Believed everything has a purpose (telos)
  25. N-Introduced the Allegory of the Cave