Presocratic

== English == === Alternative forms === Pre-Socratic pre-Socratic === Etymology === From pre- + Socratic. === Noun === Presocratic (plural Presocratics) Any Ancient Greek philosopher who preceded or was roughly contemporaneous with Socrates and whose methods and views were influenced neither directly nor indirectly by Socrates or his primary student, Plato. === Adjective === Presocratic of, or characteristic of, such a philosopher (or these philosophers) as a whole.