Presocratic Origins

 

 

 

The Presocratic philosophy is a philosophy of nature. The Presocratics combined Greek mythology with rational thinking and sought all the forces which compose nature. Greek mythology inspired the Presocratic thinking. The Presocratics unfold the hidden meaning of traditional Greek thought and construct an new theoretical framework which explains cosmos and natural phenomena. Their mythical sources were mainly

• Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey

• Hesiod’ Theogony

• Orphic Cosmogonies

 

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Giannis Stamatellos

E-mail: gstamap@yahoo.com

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION

  Writings and Sources

  Mythological Origins

  Pherecydes of Syros

 

  IONIANS
  Thales of Miletus
  Anaximander of Miletus
  Anaximenes of Miletus

  Heraclitus of Ephesus
  Xenophanes of Colophon
 

  PYTHAGOREANS
  Pythagoras of Samos
  Philolaus of Croton
  Archytas of Tarantum
  Alcmaeon of Croton

 

  ELEATICS
  Parmenides of Elea
  Zeno of Elea
  Melissus of Samos
 

  PLURALISTS
 
Empedocles of Acragas
  Anaxagoras of Klazomenes
  Democritus of Abdera

  BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

  RELATED SOURCES

 

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