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pre-Socratic Definition

pre·-Socratic or Presocratic Pre′·so·crat′ic (prē′sə krat′ik)

adjective

designating or of the Greek philosophers before Socrates, often, specif., those whose philosophy was cosmological and ontological in emphasis

noun

a pre-Socratic philosopher
pre-Socratic Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • philosopher: Both the laws, as well as opposition to them, can be traced to the Pre-Socratic philosophers.