# The Atoz Game (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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Philosophy and Philosophers

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles

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**Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8905 "2022-03-30T16:57:28Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre

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**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8906 "2022-03-31T03:20:24Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8907 "2022-03-31T03:39:14Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce

Apparently still going strong, at 91

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> Luce Irigaray (born 3 May 1930) is a Belgian-born French feminist, philosopher, linguist, psycholinguist, psychoanalyst, and cultural theorist who examined the uses and misuses of language in relation to women. Irigaray's first and most well known book, published in 1974, was Speculum of the Other Woman (1974), which analyzes the texts of Freud, Hegel, Pl...

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**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8908 "2022-03-31T10:13:55Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr

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**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8909 "2022-03-31T12:50:29Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren

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**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8910 "2022-03-31T13:50:31Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8911 "2022-03-31T14:00:10Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism  
Mills, John Stuart

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**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8912 "2022-03-31T17:36:39Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism  
Mills, John Stuart  
Niccolò Machiavelli

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8913 "2022-03-31T18:32:18Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism  
Mills, John Stuart  
Niccolò Machiavelli  
Ontology

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**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8914 "2022-03-31T19:04:34Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism  
Mills, John Stuart  
Niccolò Machiavelli  
Ontology  
Plato

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**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8915 "2022-03-31T21:52:17Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism  
Mills, John Stuart  
Niccolò Machiavelli  
Ontology  
Plato  
Quiddity

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**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8916 "2022-04-01T02:28:23Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism  
Mills, John Stuart  
Niccolò Machiavelli  
Ontology  
Plato  
Quiddity  
Realism

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**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8917 "2022-04-01T02:30:54Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism  
Mills, John Stuart  
Niccolò Machiavelli  
Ontology  
Plato  
Quiddity  
Realism  
Sartre, Jean-Paul

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**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8918 "2022-04-01T11:43:07Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism  
Mills, John Stuart  
Niccolò Machiavelli  
Ontology  
Plato  
Quiddity  
Realism  
Sartre, Jean-Paul  
Thomism

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**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8919 "2022-04-01T12:12:52Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism  
Mills, John Stuart  
Niccolò Machiavelli  
Ontology  
Plato  
Quiddity  
Realism  
Sartre, Jean-Paul  
Thomism  
_Utopia_

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**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8920 "2022-04-01T12:32:43Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism  
Mills, John Stuart  
Niccolò Machiavelli  
Ontology  
Plato  
Quiddity  
Realism  
Sartre, Jean-Paul  
Thomism  
_Utopia_  
Valid arguments

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**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8921 "2022-04-01T18:53:52Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism  
Mills, John Stuart  
Niccolò Machiavelli  
Ontology  
Plato  
Quiddity  
Realism  
Sartre, Jean-Paul  
Thomism  
_Utopia_  
Valid arguments  
Wang Ch’ung

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8922 "2022-04-01T18:55:52Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism  
Mills, John Stuart  
Niccolò Machiavelli  
Ontology  
Plato  
Quiddity  
Realism  
Sartre, Jean-Paul  
Thomism  
_Utopia_  
Valid arguments  
Wang Ch’ung  
Xenophanes

one of the few categories you don’t have to stretch to find an X

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**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8923 "2022-04-01T19:18:18Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism  
Mills, John Stuart  
Niccolò Machiavelli  
Ontology  
Plato  
Quiddity  
Realism  
Sartre, Jean-Paul  
Thomism  
_Utopia_  
Valid arguments  
Wang Ch’ung  
Xenophanes  
Yan Hui

Disciple of Confucius

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