Baquet's Guide to the World's Classics: pre-Socratics

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Empedocles, Pre-Socratic Greek Philosopher
(c. 490-c. 430 BCE)

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Name: Empedocles
Dates: c. 490-c. 430 BCE
Nationality: Greek
Language: Greek
Who he was: a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who wrote Purifications and On Nature
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Pythagoras, Pre-Socratic Greek Philosopher
(c. 570-c. 495 BCE)

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Name: Pythagoras
Dates: c. 570-c. 495 BCE
Nationality: Greek
Language: Greek
Who he was: pre-Socratic Greek philosopher; though none of his work survives, his ideas (or those attributed to him) were, and to some degree (like the Pythagorean Theorem) are, still influential

Heraclitus, Pre-Socratic Greek Philosopher
(c. 535-c. 475 BCE)

by Hendrick ter Brugghen

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Name: Heraclitus
Dates: c. 535-c. 475 BCE
Nationality: Greek
Language: Greek
Who he was: pre-Socratic Greek philosopher; his On Nature survives only in fragments
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Thales, Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
(c. 624-c. 546 BCE)

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Name: Thales
Date: c. 624-c. 546 BCE
Place: Ancient Greece (actually, Miletus in Asia Minor, now in Turkey)
Language: Greek
Who he was: Greek philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer; one of the first to take a non-mythological view of the world, making him a proto-scientist. His works survive only in fragments, and in references by others (notably Aristotle).

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Empedocles, Pre-Socratic Greek Philosopher(c. 490-c. 430 BCE)

Pythagoras, Pre-Socratic Greek Philosopher(c. 570-c. 495 BCE)

Heraclitus, Pre-Socratic Greek Philosopher(c. 535-c. 475 BCE)

Thales, Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher(c. 624-c. 546 BCE)

Empedocles, Pre-Socratic Greek Philosopher
(c. 490-c. 430 BCE)

Pythagoras, Pre-Socratic Greek Philosopher
(c. 570-c. 495 BCE)

Heraclitus, Pre-Socratic Greek Philosopher
(c. 535-c. 475 BCE)

Thales, Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
(c. 624-c. 546 BCE)