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