pre-Socratic philosophy

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs early Greek philosophy
gptkbp:characterizedBy search for arche (first principle)
rational inquiry
naturalistic explanations
gptkbp:focusesOn gptkb:cosmology
metaphysics
nature of reality
the nature of substance
the origin of the cosmos
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label pre-Socratic philosophy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:Plato
Western philosophy
gptkbp:influencedBy mythological explanations
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:mainTextSource fragments
later testimonies
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Empedocles
gptkb:Heraclitus
gptkb:Parmenides
gptkb:Pythagoras
gptkb:Anaximander
gptkb:Anaximenes
gptkb:Thales
gptkb:Anaxagoras
gptkb:Leucippus
gptkb:Zeno_of_Elea
Democritus
gptkbp:period 6th century BCE to 5th century BCE
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Socratic_philosophy
gptkbp:region Ancient Greece
gptkbp:studiedIn history of philosophy
ancient philosophy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nietzsche
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5