Imagine You’re A Presocratic Philosopher Living 2600 Years Ago

It helps us understand early Western philosophers and their search for “a theory of everything”.

Katharina Ellemunt
Nov 4 · 12 min read
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Imagine knowing nothing you know now, living in the early sixth century BC (okay, you wouldn’t name it “BC”, I mean, how could you know?): Does the term “philosophy” even exist? Certainly, there…

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Katharina Ellemunt

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Philosophy student. I primarily write about philosophical topics concerning life, death, society, history, politics, language, and critical thinking.Come along!

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