Presocratic philosophers

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Presocratic_philosophers
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Predicate Object
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gptkb:Pre-Socratic_philosophy
Philosophy movements
gptkbp:characteristic fragmentary surviving works
rational explanation of nature
search for arche (first principle)
use of reason over myth
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Socratic_philosophy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Presocratic philosophers
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:Plato
Western philosophy
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:mainInterest gptkb:cosmology
gptkb:dictionary
gptkb:mathematics
ethics
metaphysics
natural philosophy
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Empedocles
gptkb:Heraclitus
gptkb:Parmenides
gptkb:Pythagoras
gptkb:Anaximander
gptkb:Anaximenes
gptkb:Anaxagoras
gptkb:Diogenes_of_Apollonia
gptkb:Leucippus
gptkb:Melissus_of_Samos
gptkb:Philolaus
gptkb:Thales_of_Miletus
gptkb:Xenophanes
gptkb:Zeno_of_Elea
Democritus
gptkbp:period 6th century BCE to 5th century BCE
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Ancient_Greek_mythological_thought
gptkbp:region Ancient Greece
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Aristotle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4