Presocratic

See also: pre-Socratic

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Alternative formsEdit

• Pre-Socratic
• pre-Socratic

EtymologyEdit

pre- +‎ Socratic

NounEdit

Presocratic (plural Presocratics)

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.

AdjectiveEdit

Presocratic

1. of, or characteristic of, such a philosopher (or these philosophers) as a whole.