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Presocratic

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    of, or characteristic of, such a philosopher (or these philosophers) as a whole.
Adjective
  1. 1
    before the time of Socrates wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Any Ancient Greek philosopher who preceded or was roughly contemporaneous with Socrates and whose methods and views were influenced neither directly nor indirectly by Socrates or his primary student, Plato.

    "The Great Mother is no simple notion from primitive religion, but an idea in a complex mythology that became demythologized and secularized by the Presocratics, but not changed."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pre- + Socratic.

Etymology 2

From pre- + Socratic.

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