1. presocratic - Noun
2. presocratic - Adjective
before the time of Socrates
Source: WordNetGenerally, these senses match rather well the current senses in which the English word nature is used, as confirmed by Guthrie, W.K.C. Presocratic Tradition from Parmenides to Democritus (volume 2 of his History of Greek Philosophy), Cambridge UP, 1965. Source: Internet
For other ancient sources see the discussion in Kirk and Raven, The Presocratic Philosophers, 93-7. Source: Internet
Kirk and Raven, The Presocratic Philosophers, Second Edition (Cambridge University Press, 1983) 3. There was also an extensive oral tradition. Source: Internet
Milesian school The first Presocratic philosophers were from Miletus on the western coast of Anatolia. Source: Internet
Others The last of the Presocratic natural philosophers was Diogenes of Apollonia from Thrace (born c. 460 BCE). Source: Internet
The Presocratic philosophers rejected traditional mythological explanations of the phenomena they saw around them in favor of more rational explanations. Source: Internet