Ancient Greek Philosophers

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  1. 4. ὁ Κιτιεύς Stoic founder teaching virtue as living according to nature
  2. 5. Garden philosopher pursuing ataraxia through simple pleasures
  3. 8. Nihilist sophist arguing nothing exists
  4. 13. Cynic founder emphasizing virtue as self-sufficiency
  5. 14. ὁ Σινωπεύς Cynic who lived in a barrel searching for an honest man
  6. 17. Neoplatonist envisioning the One as ultimate reality
  7. 18. Early atomist and teacher of Democritus
  8. 20. Skeptic from Elis advocating suspension of judgment
  9. 21. Milesian philosopher arguing air is the arche
  10. 22. Sophist declaring man the measure of all things
  11. 23. Alexandrian mathematician martyred for her teachings
  12. 25. Abderan atomist who laughed at human folly
  13. 27. Ancient Milesian thinker who deemed water the primary substance
  14. 28. ὁ Θηβαῖος Cynic mentor to Zeno and husband of Hipparchia
  15. 29. Critic of anthropomorphic gods and founder of Eleatic school precursor
  16. 30. Sicilian proposing four elements and love-strife forces
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  1. 1. Prolific Stoic systematizer who died laughing at a donkey
  2. 2. Athenian gadfly executed for corrupting youth
  3. 3. Ephesian sage famous for "you can't step in the same river twice"
  4. 6. Mathematician known for his theorem on right triangles
  5. 7. Eleatic who claimed "what is, is" and denied change
  6. 9. Peripatetic tutor of Alexander the Great
  7. 10. ὁ Ἐλεάτης Paradox creator defending Parmenides with arrows and Achilles
  8. 11. Pre-Socratic positing the boundless as origin
  9. 12. Clazomenae thinker introducing nous as cosmic mind
  10. 15. Second Stoic scholarch and author of Hymn to Zeus
  11. 16. Hedonist from Cyrene teaching pleasure as highest good
  12. 19. Idealist author of "The Republic"
  13. 24. Sophist known for linguistic distinctions and Hercules myth
  14. 26. Academic skeptic challenging dogmatism