Printable Philosophy Crosswords

Delve into the profound world of philosophy, exploring ancient wisdom and modern thought. This topic offers a fascinating array of concepts, thinkers, and ethical dilemmas ideal for sophisticated crossword challenges.

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Philosophy

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  1. 2. Mental concepts or thoughts, central to Plato's forms
  2. 6. Branch of philosophy dealing with moral principles
  3. 7. Branch of philosophy exploring fundamental nature of reality
  4. 8. Ancient Greek teachers of rhetoric and persuasion
  5. 9. The universe regarded as a complex and orderly system

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  1. 1. Moral excellence, a core concept in ancient Greek thought
  2. 3. Theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience
  3. 4. Branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of art, beauty, and taste
  4. 5. Philosopher who tutored Alexander the Great

Philosophy

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  1. 3. Morals mysteriously discovered when the ice suddenly shatters.
  2. 6. Leibniz's completely windowless and lonely fundamental entity.
  3. 8. The thinking 'I' that has a tendency to become vastly inflated.
  4. 9. The final stage of a Hegelian triad bringing opposing ideas together.
  5. 10. Lumberjack's chips used to build a structure of sound reasoning.
  6. 11. Free will's active representative hiding out in a corporate office building.
  7. 12. Platonic ideals that you might also be forced to fill out in triplicate.

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  1. 1. Ancient rhetorician charging fees to deliver a cleverly softened punch.
  2. 2. Doctrine trusting reason above all, making perfect sense out of rations.
  3. 4. View that reality is purely mental, despite the material world's loud protests.
  4. 5. Porch-dweller maintaining a perfectly stiff upper lip in turbulent times.
  5. 7. Explaining phenomena by their purpose, assuming the end justifies the means.

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  1. 2. A statement like 'I am lying' that contradicts itself.
  2. 6. The self or the conscious subject in philosophical discourse.
  3. 7. Immaterial essence fiercely debated by dualists.
  4. 8. Stance that sensory experience is the root of all knowledge.
  5. 10. Author who viewed the search for meaning as absurd.
  6. 11. He argued the mind begins as a blank slate.

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  1. 1. Inquiry into the nature of art and beauty.
  2. 3. Hegelian method involving thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.
  3. 4. Philosopher who remains calm in the face of adversity.
  4. 5. Gadfly of Athens who drank hemlock.
  5. 6. Pertaining to the nature and limits of human knowledge.
  6. 9. Teacher of Aristotle who wrote about shadows in a cave.

Philosophy

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  1. 1. Tabula ____ (the epistemological concept of lacking innate ideas)
  2. 2. Capacity of an individual to decide on and initiate action autonomously
  3. 5. The nature or essence of a person, central to the study of ontology
  4. 7. Ancient thinker who teaches the development of self-control to overcome destructive emotions
  5. 8. Viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that life is senseless
  6. 12. The conscious self that serves as the subject of human experience
  7. 13. Thinker who formulated the categorical imperative
  8. 14. Premise or starting point of reasoning that is accepted without controversy
  9. 15. Tradition focused on rigorous self-control, insight, and meditation practice

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  1. 1. Power of the intellect to synthesize concepts and deduce conclusions
  2. 3. Systematic study of valid inferences and sound reasoning
  3. 4. Paid teacher of rhetoric in ancient Greece, later associated with specious reasoning
  4. 6. State of having objective reality, which precedes essence according to existentialists
  5. 9. English empiricist who argued the human mind is a blank slate at birth
  6. 10. The incorporeal essence of a living being
  7. 11. Critic of capitalism who co-authored a famous 1848 historical manifesto

Philosophy

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  1. 1. Existence or the nature or essence of a person
  2. 3. Having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment
  3. 5. A fact or belief that is accepted as true
  4. 7. The power of the mind to think and understand in a logical way
  5. 9. What is meant by a word, text, concept, or action
  6. 11. Evidence or argument establishing a fact or the truth of a statement
  7. 13. The visible shape or configuration of something
  8. 15. A person's essential being that distinguishes them from others
  9. 16. The indefinite continued progress of existence and events

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  1. 2. The basic or inherent features of something
  2. 4. A thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action
  3. 5. Direct one's mind toward someone or something
  4. 6. Be aware of through observation, inquiry, or information
  5. 8. Profoundly immoral and wicked
  6. 9. Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior
  7. 10. That which is morally right or beneficial
  8. 12. A thing that is known or proved to be true
  9. 14. The part of a person that thinks, reasons, and perceives

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  1. 1. Moral principles that govern a person's behavior
  2. 7. Branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste

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  1. 2. The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding
  2. 3. Greek philosopher and polymath, student of Plato
  3. 4. The world or the state of things as they actually exist
  4. 5. The rejection of all religious and moral principles
  5. 6. The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something
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