pre-Socratic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to Greek philosophy before Socrates or independent of his influence

   The course begins with pre-Socratic accounts of nature and change.

2. 2
   noun

   a Greek philosopher active before Socrates or outside the Socratic tradition

   Heraclitus is a pre-Socratic known for writing about perpetual change.

Formed from pre- ("before") + Socratic, from the name of the Athenian philosopher Socrates. The historical label groups several early Greek thinkers, although some were Socrates' contemporaries rather than strictly earlier.

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