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pre-Socratic

[ pree-suh-krat-ik, -soh- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the philosophers or philosophical systems of the period before the Socratic period.


noun

  1. any philosopher of this period.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pre-Socratic1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

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The painting of the bald figure bears a citation of the pre-Socratic philosopher Parmenides.

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When they were finally together, they made a little more small talk — regarding the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus — and were soon bonding over a mutual love of cycling, camping, red meat and wine.

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For Gioia, the pre-Socratic philosopher Pythagoras may be the most important and dire figure in his entire book.

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Aristotle was not the first to conceptualize an elemental system: he borrowed from the fifth-century-bc pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles.

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Heraclitus of Ephesus, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher said, “You can’t step into the same river twice,†meaning that change is constant and inevitable.

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