Presocratic

See also: pre-Socratic

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

pre- + Socratic

Noun

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.

Adjective

Presocratic

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