Greek Vocabulary

Κρέων

(Kreon) - ruler/royal

πόλις

polis - city

νόμος

(nomos) - law, convention

ἀρχή

Archē - first principle, origin, beginning

ζωή

Zon - life

τέλος

Telos- end, aim, goal, fulfillment

φιλοσοφία

philosophy, love of wisdom

φύσις

(physis) - nature

θαύμα

(thauma) - wonder

ἄσκησις

(askēsis) - disciplined training designed to achieve virtue

Θαλῆς

Thales

ψυχή

(psyche) - soul

ὕδωρ

Hydor- water

Θεωρία

theoria - heory, being a spectator at a play, contemplation

πρᾶξις

Praxis - doing, action

Ἀναξίμανδρος

Anaximander

Ƭo ἄπειρον

the not/without end/limit/boundary

Ἀναξιμένης

Anaximenes

ἀήρ

Aer - air

Πυθαγόρας

Pythagoras

Arithmos - ἀριθμός

number

μουσική

Mousike - music (more broadly, art)

ἁρμονία

Harmonia - harmony/melody

κόσμος

Kosmos - order, world, universe

Τὸ Ἕν

The one

Ξενοφάνης

Xenophanes

Ἡράκλειτος

Heraclitus

τὸ ἕν καί οἱ πολλοί

the one and the many

πῦρ

pyr - Fire

Παρμενίδης

Parmenides

ἔστι(ν)

That-which-is

Ἀναξαγόρας

Anaxagoras

νοῦς

Nous - Mind

Λεύκιππος

Lecippus

Δημόκριτος

Democritus

ἄτομος

Atom, uncuttable

Κενόν

Kenon - Void

εὐθυμία

Euthymia - cheerfulness

σοφιστής

Sophists, wise man