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Meanings of presocratic in English

Before the time of Socrates.

Synonyms
Examples for "philosopher"
Examples for "philosopher"
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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
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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
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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