Greek Mythology: Gods, Titans, and Philosophical Theories

Cronos

God of Time

Rhea

Mother of the Gods

Zeus

God of the Sky

Poseidon

God of Horses

Hades

God of the Underworld

Hestia

Goddess of Hearth

Hera

Goddess of Marriage

Athena

Goddess of War

Ares

God of War

Hephaestus

God of Fire

Artemis

Goddess of Hunting

Apollo

God of Music

Hermes

God of Trade

Demeter

Goddess of Agriculture

Hebe

Goddess of Youth

Dionysus

God of Ecstasy

Prometheus

God of Forethought

Kratos

God of Strength

Atlas

God of Endurance

Aphrodite

Goddess of Beauty

Eros

God of Love

Mnemosyne

Goddess of Memory

Hyperion

God of Heavenly Light

Selene

Goddess of the Moon

Nyx

Goddess of the Night

Existentialism

A philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.

Pragmatism

An approach that assesses the truth of meaning of theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application.

Behaviorism

The theory that human behavior can be explained or modified in terms of conditioning.

Idealism

Proposes that reality is fundamentally mental, mentally constructed, or otherwise immaterial.

Skepticism

The theory that certain knowledge is impossible.

Realism

Often claims that truth consists in a correspondence between cognitive representations and reality.

Progressivism

The support for or advocacy of social reform.

Naturalism

A philosophical viewpoint that believes everything arises from natural properties and causes, and supernatural or spiritual explanations are excluded or discounted.

Stoicism

The endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint.

Consequentialism

The doctrine that the morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences.

Empiricism

The theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience.

Determinism

The doctrine that all events, including human action, are ultimately determined by causes external to the will.

Rationalism

The theory that reason rather than experience is the foundation of certainty in knowledge.

Confucianism

Rests on the belief that human beings are fundamentally good, and teachable, improvable, and perfectible through personal and communal endeavors especially self-cultivation and self-creation.

Humanism

Its beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.

Doctrine

A belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group.

Philosophy

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.

Ethics

The rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group or culture.

Morals

Concern or relate to what is right and wrong in human behavior.

Utilitarianism

The doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority.

Hedonism

The ethical theory that pleasure (in the sense of the satisfaction of desires) is the highest good and proper aim of human life.

Altruism

The belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.

Essentialism

A belief that things have a set of characteristics that make them what they are.