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| Pre-Socratic Philosopher | Year | The idea that was not supernatural, but natural |
|---|---|---|
| Thales | ~550s BC | Water |
| Anaximander | ~550s BC | Indefinite/Aperion- |
| Anaximenes | ~530s BC | Air |
| Pythagoras | ~480s BC | Numbers |
| Heraclitus | ~510s BC | Change |
| Empedocles | ~420s BC | Four elements |
| Anaxagoras | ~430s BC | Nous/Mind |
| Democritus | ~380s BC | Atoms |