English Explanatory Dictionary

Presocratic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Presocratic Presocratics Pre-Socratic

Etymology

From pre- + Socratic.

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