Ionian school

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Presocratic philosophy ancient Greek philosophy movement philosophical school

The Ionian school was an early Greek philosophical movement centered in Ionia that sought natural, rational explanations for the cosmos and is considered a foundation of Western philosophy.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Milesian school	4
Ionian School of philosophy	1
Ionian school of philosophy	1
Milesian school of philosophy	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Presocratic philosophy ⓘ ancient Greek philosophy movement ⓘ philosophical school ⓘ
coreConcept	arche as fundamental principle ⓘ cosmos as ordered whole ⓘ natural causes for phenomena ⓘ search for primary substance ⓘ unity underlying diversity ⓘ
country	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
describedAs	beginning of Western philosophy ⓘ first scientific approach to nature in Greece ⓘ
followedBy	Eleatic school ⓘ Pluralist school ⓘ
foundedBy	Thales of Miletus ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	materialistic tendencies ⓘ naturalistic ⓘ rational ⓘ rejection of mythological explanations ⓘ search for arche (first principle) ⓘ
hasMainInterest	change and permanence ⓘ cosmology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ nature of matter ⓘ ontology ⓘ origin of the cosmos ⓘ principle of reality ⓘ rational explanation of nature ⓘ
hasNotablePhilosopher	Anaxagoras ⓘ Anaximander ⓘ Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ Archelaus NERFINISHED ⓘ Heraclitus ⓘ Thales of Miletus ⓘ
hasNotableWork	Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker ⓘ surface form: fragments of Anaximander fragments of Anaximenes ⓘ Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker ⓘ surface form: fragments of Heraclitus fragments of Thales ⓘ
influenced	Aristotle ⓘ Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ Plato ⓘ Socratic philosophy ⓘ Western scientific thought ⓘ later cosmological theories ⓘ
locatedIn	Asia Minor ⓘ Ionia ⓘ
opposedTo	mythological cosmology ⓘ
partOf	Presocratic philosophers ⓘ surface form: Presocratic philosophy Western philosophy ⓘ surface form: Western philosophy tradition
timePeriod	5th century BCE ⓘ 6th century BCE ⓘ
usesMethod	logical reasoning ⓘ observation of nature ⓘ rational inquiry ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ionian Greek → associatedWith → Ionian school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ionian School of philosophy

Miletus → hasPhilosophicalSchool → Ionian school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milesian school

Eleatic school → influencedBy → Ionian school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milesian school

Ionia → knownFor → Ionian school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ionian school of philosophy

Miletus → knownFor → Ionian school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milesian school of philosophy

Thales of Miletus → partOf → Ionian school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milesian school

Thales of Miletus → philosophicalSchool → Ionian school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Milesian school

Heraclitus → schoolTradition → Ionian school ⓘ