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Meanings of presocratic in English

Before the time of Socrates.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "philosopher"
        Examples for "philosopher"
        1
        This is the inquiry of the true philosopher who is in labor.
        A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridi...
        2
        A short essay by the Israeli philosopher Adi Ophir underpins the work.
        The South African
        3
        I am a battered old philosopher with one foot in the grave.
        Simon the Jester
        4
        In 1518 Wang Yang-ming, the philosopher general, crushed a rising in Kiangsi.
        A History of China
        5
        The words of the ancient philosopher were soaking in with the rain.
        The Sword of Antietam: A Story of the Nation's Crisis
        1
        For of all the pre-Socratic philosophers, he speaks of them with the greatest respect.
        Parmenides
        2
        Some of the pre-Socratic philosophers, in fact-
        The Anubis Gates
        3
        Well, it was understood by the pre-Socratic philosophers that all four of these propositions cannot simultaneously be true.
        The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
        4
        The latest of the important pre-Socratic philosophers of the Italic school was Empedocles, who was born about 494 B.C.
        A History of Science — Volume 1
        5
        He is never able to reconcile the first causes of the pre-Socratic philosophers with the final causes of Socrates himself.
        Timaeus
        Usage of presocratic in English
        1
        It is this more than any other element which distinguishes Plato, not only from the presocratic philosophers, but from Socrates himself.
        Philebus
        Frequent collocations
        Presocratic through the time