This comprehensive flashcard set explores the origins of Western thought through the lives and ideas of Ancient Greek philosophers.
Who is often called the first philosopher?
Thales of Miletus
What element did Thales believe was the source of all things?
Water
Which philosopher said that you cannot step into the same river twice?
Heraclitus
What is the Greek word for the end or purpose of a thing?
Telos
Who wrote the famous allegory of the cave?
Plato
Which philosopher was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock?
Socrates
Who founded the school known as the Lyceum?
Aristotle
Which philosopher is famous for his paradoxes involving Achilles and a tortoise?
Zeno of Elea
What does the word philosophy literally translate to in Greek?
Love of wisdom
Which group of thinkers focused on rhetoric and winning arguments?
The Sophists
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