WESTERN PHILOSOPHY

4. – Believed pleasure and peace of mind are the highest goals.
8. – Greek philosopher who said everything is in constant change.
10. – Explored how language shapes our understanding of reality.
11. – French philosopher of absurdism; wrote The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus.
12. – English philosopher who argued that the mind starts as a blank slate.
14. – Pessimist who believed life is driven by blind desire and suffering.
16. – Dutch philosopher who said God and nature are the same.

1. – Scottish thinker who doubted that we can know cause and effect for sure.
2. – Medieval philosopher who united Aristotle’s ideas with Christian theology.
3. – Greek philosopher who said everything is made of tiny atoms.
5. – Taught that reality is one and unchanging.
6. – German rationalist who spoke of “monads” — tiny spiritual units of reality.
7. – German philosopher who said we know the world only through our perception.
9. – Said “I think, therefore I am”; founder of modern philosophy.
13. – Roman thinker who mixed philosophy and politics; known for his speeches.
15. – Declared “God is dead” and promoted the idea of the Übermensch (superman).