Presocratic philosophers

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ancient Greek philosophers group of philosophers historical movement

Presocratic philosophers were early Greek thinkers before Socrates who sought natural and rational explanations for the cosmos, laying the foundations of Western philosophy and science.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Pre-Socratic philosophy 5
Presocratic philosophy 3
Atomists 1

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instanceOf ancient Greek philosophers ⓘ
group of philosophers ⓘ
historical movement ⓘ
contributedTo concept of logos ⓘ
development of scientific reasoning ⓘ
early cosmological models ⓘ
early theories of matter ⓘ
coreQuestion How does change occur in nature? ⓘ
What is the fundamental substance of reality? ⓘ
What is the origin of the cosmos? ⓘ
documentedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Theophrastus ⓘ
documentedIn Diels–Kranz collection ⓘ
field cosmology ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
ontology ⓘ
hasLocation Ionia ⓘ
Magna Graecia ⓘ
Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Greece

southern Italy ⓘ
hasSubgroup Presocratic philosophers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Atomists

Eleatic school ⓘ
Presocratic philosophers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Milesian school

Pythagoreanism ⓘ
surface form: Pythagorean school

Sophists ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 6th century BCE to 5th century BCE ⓘ
includes Anaxagoras ⓘ
Anaximander ⓘ
Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ
Democritus ⓘ
Empedocles ⓘ
Gorgias ⓘ
Heraclitus ⓘ
surface form: Heraclitus of Ephesus

Leucippus ⓘ
Melissus of Samos ⓘ
Parmenides ⓘ
surface form: Parmenides of Elea

Philolaus ⓘ
Protagoras ⓘ
Pythagoras ⓘ
surface form: Pythagoras of Samos

Thales of Miletus ⓘ
Xenophanes of Colophon ⓘ
Zeno of Elea ⓘ
influenced Aristotle ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
Western philosophy ⓘ
Western philosophy ⓘ
surface form: Western science
knownFrom fragments ⓘ
later doxographical reports ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
precedes Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
rejected purely mythological explanations of nature ⓘ
sought natural explanations of the cosmos ⓘ
rational explanations of the cosmos ⓘ

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Socrates → influencedBy → Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
Antisthenes → influencedBy → Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophists
Presocratic philosophers → hasSubgroup → Presocratic philosophers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milesian school
Presocratic philosophers → hasSubgroup → Presocratic philosophers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atomists
Heraclitus → era → Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pre-Socratic philosophy
Aristotle → influencedBy → Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pre-Socratic philosophers
Lucretius → influencedBy → Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pre-Socratic atomists
Pythagoras → philosophicalSchool → Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presocratic philosophy
Eleatic school → philosophicalTradition → Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presocratic philosophy
Gorgias → era → Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pre-Socratic philosophy
Aristotelianism → influencedBy → Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pre-Socratic philosophy
Democritus → philosophicalSchool → Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pre-Socratic philosophy
Ionian school → partOf → Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presocratic philosophy
Hellenistic philosophy → influencedBy → Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pre-Socratic philosophy