Presocratic
See also: pre-Socratic
English
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Etymology
Noun
Presocratic (plural Presocratics)
- 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
- of, or characteristic of, such a philosopher (or these philosophers) as a whole.