arche

Speech parts

1. arche - Noun

2. Arche - Proper noun

Meaning

arche (uncountable)

(philosophy, often italicized) The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.

Arche

(astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.

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Empedocles tried to address the problem of change by saying that there is not one fundamental arche but four-earth, water, air, and fire-which generate all the material substances in nature by mixing together in various ways under the influence of forces he called Love and Strife. John Freely

An arche (from ἄρχειν main, "to rule") dominates an object in some way. Source: Internet

Anaximander (6th century BC) was the first philosopher who used the term arche for that which writers from Aristotle on call the "substratum". Source: Internet

A similar belief was attributed by some ancient sources to Diogenes Apolloniates (late 5th century BCE), who also linked air with intelligence and soul (psyche), but other sources claim that his arche was a substance between air and fire. Source: Internet

DK B1a In the language of the archaic period (8th – 6th century BC), arche (or archai) designates the source, origin, or root of things that exist. Source: Internet

Speaking in April, the couple offered some insight into Archewell, saying: 'Before SussexRoyal, came the idea of Arche – the Greek word meaning source of action. Source: Internet

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