Virtue - Excellence, Rhetoric - The art of Persuasion, Sophistry - Act of trying to win an argument rather than discover the truth, Empiricism - Knowledge is derived from sense experience, Skepticism - The exercise of doubting claims and beliefs, Objectivity - That which is real or true independent of opinion, Subjectivity - Focus on the individuals’ perceptions and judgments, Nihilism - Life is meaningless, Logic - The study of correct reasoning, Pragmatism - The practical views about life and consequences matter most, Platonism - School of thought based on the works of Plato, Rationalism - a tradition based on the idea that reason is the royal road to truth, Aristotelianism - School of thought based on Aristotle student of Plato; Student of Socrates, Evil - The complete absence of good, profound wickedness or immorality, Essence - the intrinsic nature of quality of something, Consequentialism - only consequences matter, Utilitarianism - Study of the greatest good resulting from our actions, Deontology - The study of our duty and obligations to others, Idealism - Stress on power of ideals and ideas, Hermeneutics - The art and study of interpretation, Hedonism - Life is all about pleasure, Happiness - Eudaimonia, doing well, flourishing, Ethics - Habits one makes, character, Morality - The study of principles and the way they guide one’s actions and decisions, Teleology - End driven; philosophy of order and purpose, Existentialism - Philosophy stressing the freedom of the individual, Metaphysics - The study of the principles that make experience possible, Epistemology - The study of knowledge and truth, Ontology - The study of what truly exists, Sophrosyne - Know thyself, nothing in excess, a balanced life,

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