Sawhappiness(eudaimonia)as the highesthuman goalSupportedphilosopher-kings asideal rulersBelievedwisdom startswith admittingignorance (“Iknow that Iknow nothing”)Used theSocraticMethod –askingquestions toreveal truth“Knowthyself”Emphasizeddialogueand criticalthinkingTaught theGoldenMean –virtue isbalanceSaw thesoul asimmortalValuedreasonover thesensesBelievedeverythinghas apurpose(telos)Believedreality hastwo worlds –physical andidealStudent ofPlato, tutorof Alexanderthe GreatStudent ofSocratesand teacherof AristotleFoundedTheAcademyin AthensDid not writebooks; ideasknownthroughstudentsProposedtheTheory ofFormsValued thestudy ofnature andclassificationDevelopedformallogic(syllogism)IntroducedtheAllegory ofthe CaveFocused onvirtue andmoral characterrather thanwealth or powerTaught thattheunexaminedlife is notworth livingCalledhumans“rationalanimals”Executedby drinkinghemlock aspunishmentFoundedtheLyceumschoolAccused ofcorruptingthe youthof AthensSawhappiness(eudaimonia)as the highesthuman goalSupportedphilosopher-kings asideal rulersBelievedwisdom startswith admittingignorance (“Iknow that Iknow nothing”)Used theSocraticMethod –askingquestions toreveal truth“Knowthyself”Emphasizeddialogueand criticalthinkingTaught theGoldenMean –virtue isbalanceSaw thesoul asimmortalValuedreasonover thesensesBelievedeverythinghas apurpose(telos)Believedreality hastwo worlds –physical andidealStudent ofPlato, tutorof Alexanderthe GreatStudent ofSocratesand teacherof AristotleFoundedTheAcademyin AthensDid not writebooks; ideasknownthroughstudentsProposedtheTheory ofFormsValued thestudy ofnature andclassificationDevelopedformallogic(syllogism)IntroducedtheAllegory ofthe CaveFocused onvirtue andmoral characterrather thanwealth or powerTaught thattheunexaminedlife is notworth livingCalledhumans“rationalanimals”Executedby drinkinghemlock aspunishmentFoundedtheLyceumschoolAccused ofcorruptingthe youthof Athens

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