https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/tags/pre-socratic/ Recent content in Pre-Socratic on Philosophy in Summary — Thinkers & Syntheses Hugo en Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/anaxagoras/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/anaxagoras/ Born in Clazomenae, in Ionia, around 500 BCE, Anaxagoras was the first philosopher to bring the Ionian tradition to Athens, where he lived for some thirty… https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/anaximandro/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/anaximandro/ A fellow citizen and disciple of Thales of Miletus, Anaximander (c. 610–546 BCE) was one of the boldest minds of the Milesian school and perhaps the first… https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/anaximenes/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/anaximenes/ The third great name of the Milesian school, Anaximenes (c. 585–525 BCE) was a disciple of Anaximander. At first glance he took a step back, rejecting his… https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/democrito/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/democrito/ Born in Abdera, in Thrace, and active around 430 BCE, Democritus was one of the most erudite minds of antiquity — he traveled widely and wrote on almost… https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/empedocles/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/empedocles/ Empedocles (c. 494–434 BCE) was one of the most extraordinary figures of Greek philosophy: at once philosopher, physician, poet, orator, and political… https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/heraclito/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/heraclito/ Born in Ephesus, in Ionia, and active around 500 BCE, Heraclitus belonged to an ancient aristocratic family. Proud and solitary in temperament, he wrote… https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/parmenides/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/parmenides/ Born in Elea, a Greek colony in southern Italy, and active in the first half of the fifth century BCE, Parmenides is the founder of ontology — the inquiry… https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/pitagoras/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/pitagoras/ Born on the island of Samos around 570 BCE, Pythagoras emigrated to Croton, in southern Italy (Magna Graecia), where he founded a philosophical-religious… https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/tales-de-mileto/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/tales-de-mileto/ A philosopher from Miletus, in Ionia (in present-day Turkey), who lived around 624–546 BCE, Thales is considered the first philosopher of the Western… https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/xenofanes/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/xenofanes/ Itinerant Greek poet-philosopher. Traveled throughout the Greek world for decades singing his philosophical verses. Considered a precursor to the Eleatic… https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/zenao-de-eleia/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://filosofiaemresumo.com.br/en/pensadores/zenao-de-eleia/ Born in Elea, in southern Italy, and active in the mid-fifth century BCE, Zeno was the most celebrated disciple of Parmenides — according to Plato, he…