pre-Socratic

[ pree-suh-krat-ik, -soh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to the philosophers or philosophical systems of the period before the Socratic period.

First recorded in 1870–75

Haeckel's system is mainly poetico-mythical, chiefly on the lines of some of the pre-Socratic philosophers.

The Pre-Socratic philosophies are simpler, and we may observe a progress in them; but is there any regular succession?

He is never able to reconcile the first causes of the pre-Socratic philosophers with the final causes of Socrates himself.

Moreover, Thales propounded the problem, and determined the direction and character, of all pre-Socratic philosophy.

The universal tendency of the pre-Socratic philosophy is to find some principle for the explanation of nature.

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