Philosophers

It is not simply a question of what man is free to do or to become, but also a question of what is he free from

Heidegger

first known metaphysician

Aristotle

To be happy is to live a virtuous life

Aristotle

An african-american who wanted equal rights for black people

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

the first philosopher to devise a logical method of reasoning

Aristotle

our tastes and judgments regarding beauty work in connection with one’s own personal experience and culture

Hans-Georg Gadamer

Philosophy begins with wonder

Aristotle

Philosophy begins in wonder

Plato

Wisdom begins in wonder

Socrates

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom

Socrates

“the only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing”

Socrates

The Greek titan god of the stars. He was the father of the planets and the four seasonal winds by Eos the dawn

Astraeus

water was the fundamental building block of all things.

accurately predicting a solar eclipse, demonstrating his knowledge of geometry and astronomy.

Thales of Miletus

Proposed a primal substance or principle from which all things originated and to which all things would return.

Boundless (apeiron)

Anaximander

The philosopher who theorized that air was the principal element of the universe,

Anaximenes

Greek philosopher, scientist, astronomer, and of a mathematician.

Had synesthesia

Pythagoras

According to him, a human person needs to obey or follow God’s law to reach his final destiny which is salvation

St. Augustine

a human person is composed of body and soul.

St. Thomas Aquinas

wrote Summa Theologica

St. Thomas Aquinas

a human person’s existence is revealed in his thinking activity.

Descartes

A HUMAN PERSON IS IN A WAY, A COMPOSITION OF RES COGITANS AND RES EXTENSA OR THINKING AND BODY (EXTENDED REALITY).

Descartes

Cogito ergo sum

Descartes

Know thyself

Socrates

The unexamined life is not worth living

Socrates

Virtue is knowledge of good and bad

Socrates

Uses argument to appear the weaker stronger

Protagoras

War arises from nature

Gorgias

Slavery is unjust in the law of nature

Lycophron