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Ancient Philosophers

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Philosopher who wrote nothing and is known through the dialogues of Plato Socrates
The method of using question-and-answer sessions to search for truths Socratic method
The poison Socrates was sentenced to drink for corrupting the youth Hemlock
Founder of the Academy who believed in a world of "forms" Plato
Plato's dialogue regarding justice and the ideal city-state Republic
Plato's dialogue regarding the nature of love Symposium
Tutor to Alexander the Great and author of the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle
Aristotle's school of philosophy Lyceum
The "golden mean" between two extremes as a definition for virtue Aristotle's Ethics
The purging of bad feelings described in Aristotle's Poetics Catharsis
Chinese thinker whose disciples compiled his sayings in the Analects Confucius
Confucius's concept of the inner state of compassion toward others Ren
Quasi-mythical Taoist thinker to whom the Tao te Ching is attributed Lao Tzu
Taoist concept of "non-action" in accordance with "the way" Wu wei
Cynic philosopher who lived in a tub and searched for an honest man with a lamp Diogenes
Philosophical school that believed pleasure was the highest good and absence of pain was aponia Epicureanism
The state of tranquility sought by Epicureans Ataraxia
Eleatic philosopher famous for paradoxes involving Achilles and a tortoise Zeno of Elea
Pre-Socratic thinker considered the "first philosopher" who believed water was the first principle Thales
Roman politician and philosopher who wrote On the Republic and On the Laws Cicero
The lost work by Cicero that inspired Saint Augustine to study philosophy Hortensius
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