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Pre-socratic

//ˌpɹiːsɒˈkɹætɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Existing in Ancient Greece before the flourishing of the philosopher Socrates (circa 469–399 BCE). historical, not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    before the time of Socrates wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the pre-Socratic philosophers, viz. Thales (circa 624–546 BCE), Anaximander (circa 610–546 BCE), Anaximenes (circa 585–525 BCE), Pythagoras (circa 576–495 BCE), Xenophanes (circa 570–480 BCE), Heraclitus (circa 535–475 BCE), Parmenides (early-5ᵗʰ century BCE), Anaxagoras (circa 500–428 BCE), Empedocles (circa 490–430 BCE), and Democritus (circa 460–370 BCE). historical

    "Hers is the philosophy that stood before the speculations of the presocratics; she is the "Holy Mother Church" which Descartes challenged when he cut the umbilical cord between philosophy and the Church and split reality into the res externa and the res cogitans."

  2. 2
    any philosopher who lived before Socrates wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pre- + Socratic.

Etymology 2

From pre- + Socratic.

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