Presocratic philosophers
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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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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophers
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group of philosophers → historical movement → |
| contributedTo |
concept of logos
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development of scientific reasoning → early cosmological models → early theories of matter → |
| coreQuestion |
How does change occur in nature?
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What is the fundamental substance of reality? → What is the origin of the cosmos? → |
| documentedBy |
Aristotle
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Theophrastus → |
| documentedIn |
Diels–Kranz collection
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| field |
cosmology
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epistemology → ethics → metaphysics → natural philosophy → ontology → |
| hasLocation |
Ionia
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Magna Graecia → ancient Greece → southern Italy → |
| hasSubgroup |
Atomists
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Eleatic school → Milesian school → Pythagorean school → Sophists → |
| hasTimePeriod |
6th century BCE to 5th century BCE
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| includes |
Anaxagoras
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Anaximander → Anaximenes of Miletus → Democritus → Empedocles → Gorgias → Heraclitus of Ephesus → Leucippus → Melissus of Samos → Parmenides of Elea → Philolaus → Protagoras → Pythagoras of Samos → Thales of Miletus → Xenophanes of Colophon → Zeno of Elea → |
| influenced |
Aristotle
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Plato → Socrates → Western philosophy → Western science → |
| knownFrom |
fragments
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later doxographical reports → |
| language |
Ancient Greek
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| precedes |
Classical Greek philosophy
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Socrates → |
| rejected |
purely mythological explanations of nature
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| sought |
natural explanations of the cosmos
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rational explanations of the cosmos → |
Referenced by (13)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Antisthenes
("Sophists")
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Aristotelianism ("Pre-Socratic philosophy") → Aristotle ("Pre-Socratic philosophers") → Lucretius ("Pre-Socratic atomists") → Socrates → |
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Gorgias
("Pre-Socratic philosophy")
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Heraclitus ("Pre-Socratic philosophy") → |
era |
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Presocratic philosophers
("Milesian school")
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Presocratic philosophers ("Atomists") → |
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Democritus
("Pre-Socratic philosophy")
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Pythagoras ("Presocratic philosophy") → |
philosophicalSchool |
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Ionian school
("Presocratic philosophy")
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partOf |
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Eleatic school
("Presocratic philosophy")
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philosophicalTradition |