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Definition of Presocratic
1. Adjective. Before the time of Socrates.
Definition of Presocratic
1. Proper noun. Any ancient Greek philosopher who preceded or was roughly contemporaneous with Socrates and whose methods and views were influenced neither directly nor indirectly by Socrates or his primary student, Plato. ¹
2. Adjective. of, or characteristic of, such a philosopher (or these philosophers) as a whole. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presocratic
Literary usage of Presocratic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... the beginning and the guide of the divine and heavenly, as of the terrestrial
life. '/..Un; Presocratic Phil., tr. by ..."
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