Here is the matching of each person with their corresponding philosophy/accomplishment:
- Socrates - Explored the power of human thought and executed for questioning the status quo.
- Alexander the Great - King of Macedonia; conquered land from Greece to Pakistan. Student of Aristotle.
- Cicero - Roman academic who translated works of Greek philosophers for future generations. Executed for criticizing the Roman government.
- Aristotle - Student of Plato; believed logic and deduction using evidence should always be used in research; used a very early form of the scientific method.
- Plato - Student of Socrates; believed human mind should be rational, orderly, and virtuous.
- Homer - Greek poet who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey.