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OLQHS 6th grade social studies sec. 5-2 crossword

Terms in this set (12)

Aristotle
After he compared 158 governments to find the best one, he wrote the book Politics.
Sophist
a traveling professional teacher
Socrates
An Athenian sculptor and philosopher who was a critic of the Sophists; he believed in an absolute right and wrong and created the method of teaching through questioning.
Socratic method
a way of teaching that is still used today.
Plato
a student of Socrates, he wrote the Republic
Pythagoras
a philosopher who taught that the universe was governed by the same laws as music and numbers.
"love of wisdom"
The word philosophy comes from the Greek word for this.
Golden mean
Aristotle taught this idea that a person should do nothing in excess (too much or too little)
Thucydides
Considered the greatest historian of the ancient world; he wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War.
Philosophers
Believed that the human mind could understand everything
Herodotus
Considered the "father of history," he wrote the history of the Persian Wars
philosophy
Socrates was an Athenian sculptor whose true love was _______________.
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