Presocratic

Variant of pre-Socratic

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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