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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:philosophy
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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early Greek philosophy
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gptkbp:characteristic
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rejection of mythological accounts
emphasis on rational explanation
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gptkbp:focus
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gptkb:cosmology
metaphysics
nature of reality
the nature of substance
the origin of the cosmos
the problem of change
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Pre-Socratic Philosophy
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:Plato
gptkb:Socratic_Philosophy
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Ancient_Greek
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gptkbp:mainTextSource
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fragments
testimonia
later quotations
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gptkbp:mainTheme
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gptkb:cosmology
natural philosophy
the nature of the soul
unity and diversity
arche (first principle)
change and permanence
mathematics and number
the nature of knowledge
the problem of being
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gptkbp:notableContributor
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gptkb:Empedocles
gptkb:Heraclitus
gptkb:Parmenides
gptkb:Pythagoras
gptkb:Anaximander
gptkb:Anaximenes
gptkb:Thales
gptkb:Anaxagoras
gptkb:Leucippus
gptkb:Zeno_of_Elea
Democritus
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gptkbp:period
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6th century BCE to 5th century BCE
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gptkbp:precededBy
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mythological worldviews
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gptkbp:region
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Ancient Greece
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gptkbp:studiedBy
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philosophers
classicists
historians of philosophy
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Classical_Greek_Philosophy
gptkb:Socratic_Philosophy
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Classical_Philosophy
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