Ionian school

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The Ionian school was an early Greek philosophical movement centered in Ionia that sought natural, rational explanations for the cosmos and is considered a foundation of Western philosophy.

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instanceOf Presocratic philosophy ⓘ
ancient Greek philosophy movement ⓘ
philosophical school ⓘ
coreConcept arche as fundamental principle ⓘ
cosmos as ordered whole ⓘ
natural causes for phenomena ⓘ
search for primary substance ⓘ
unity underlying diversity ⓘ
country Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
describedAs beginning of Western philosophy ⓘ
first scientific approach to nature in Greece ⓘ
followedBy Eleatic school ⓘ
Pluralist school ⓘ
foundedBy Thales of Miletus ⓘ
hasCharacteristic materialistic tendencies ⓘ
naturalistic ⓘ
rational ⓘ
rejection of mythological explanations ⓘ
search for arche (first principle) ⓘ
hasMainInterest change and permanence ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
nature of matter ⓘ
ontology ⓘ
origin of the cosmos ⓘ
principle of reality ⓘ
rational explanation of nature ⓘ
hasNotablePhilosopher Anaxagoras ⓘ
Anaximander ⓘ
Anaximenes of Miletus ⓘ
Archelaus ⓘ
Heraclitus ⓘ
Thales of Miletus ⓘ
hasNotableWork fragments of Anaximander ⓘ
fragments of Anaximenes ⓘ
fragments of Heraclitus ⓘ
fragments of Thales ⓘ
influenced Aristotle ⓘ
Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Socratic philosophy ⓘ
Western scientific thought ⓘ
later cosmological theories ⓘ
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Ionia ⓘ
opposedTo mythological cosmology ⓘ
partOf Presocratic philosophy ⓘ
Western philosophy tradition ⓘ
linked to: Western philosophy
timePeriod 5th century BCE ⓘ
6th century BCE ⓘ
usesMethod logical reasoning ⓘ
observation of nature ⓘ
rational inquiry ⓘ

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Heraclitus → schoolTradition → Ionian school ⓘ
Ionia → knownFor → Ionian school of philosophy ⓘ
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Miletus → knownFor → Milesian school of philosophy ⓘ
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Miletus → hasPhilosophicalSchool → Milesian school ⓘ
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Eleatic school → influencedBy → Milesian school ⓘ
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Ionian Greek → associatedWith → Ionian School of philosophy ⓘ
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Thales of Miletus → partOf → Milesian school ⓘ
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Thales of Miletus → philosophicalSchool → Milesian school ⓘ
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Anaximenes of Miletus → memberOf → Milesian school ⓘ
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Anaximenes of Miletus → associatedWith → Ionian Enlightenment ⓘ
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Anaximander → memberOf → Milesian school ⓘ
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Anaximander → philosophicalSchool → Milesian school ⓘ
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Hippocratic medical tradition → influencedBy → Ionian rationalism ⓘ
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Pluralist school → influencedBy → Milesian school ⓘ
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Hecataeus of Miletus → associatedWith → Ionian Enlightenment ⓘ
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Hecataeus of Miletus → associatedWith → Milesian school of thought ⓘ
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Archelaus → philosophicalSchool → Ionian philosophy ⓘ
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Archelaus → influencedBy → Milesian school ⓘ
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Diogenes of Apollonia → associatedWith → Milesian tradition ⓘ
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On Nature (Anaximenes) → philosophicalSchool → Milesian school ⓘ
subject linked to: On Nature is lost
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On Nature → associatedWith → Milesian school ⓘ
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On Mind → influencedBy → Milesian natural philosophy ⓘ
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Mythological Cycle → featuresGroup → Milesians ⓘ
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