Greek philosophy
Preserved but no longer current.
It included Thales, Anaxi- mander, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, and Anaxag- oras; and the great advance they made was the recognition that matter, motion, and physical causation were themselves manifestations of the Absolute Reality.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Greek philosophy” mean?
It included Thales, Anaxi- mander, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, and Anaxag- oras; and the great advance they made was the recognition that matter, motion, and physical causation were themselves manifestations of the Absolute Reality.
Is “Greek philosophy” formal or informal?
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