= Pythagorean, adj. 1a.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Pythagoras, his followers, or their philosophy.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras or his ideas, esp. his theories concerning the nature of matter and…

= Pythagorean, adj. Chiefly in plural with the.

Of, relating to, or reminiscent of Empedocles or his philosophy, esp. the idea that earth, air, fire, and water are the four ‘roots’ or elements…

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Democritus or his philosophy, esp. his atomic theory of matter (see atomic, adj. 1a).

= Democritean, adj.

Ancient Greek Philosophy. = Democritean, adj.

Chiefly History of Science. Designating or adhering to the doctrine of atoms as understood in ancient Greek philosophy or later (cf. atom, n. 3 4); =…

Pertaining to the Greek colonies in southern Italy: said of the school of philosophy founded in Magna Græcia by Pythagoras in the 6th cent. b.c.…

= Democritean, adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greek philosopher Anaximander, noted especially for his contribution to the natural sciences.

History of Science. Designating the doctrine of atoms taught by Leucippus and his pupil Democritus in the 5th cent. b.c.; relating to this…

Ancient Greek Philosophy. = Democritean, adj.

= Heraclitean, adj.

pertaining to, or holding, the view that all things are affections of matter; also as n. one who holds this view.

Of or belonging to Parmenides; relating to or characteristic of his philosophy that everything in existence is but a manifestation of a single…

History of Science. Of or relating to atomists or atomism; = atomic, adj. 1a.

Pertaining to Elea or its inhabitants; spec. used of the philosophy of Xenophanes, Parmenides, and Zeno, who lived or were born there.

= atomistic, adj. 1 2.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of this group. Also in extended use: thoughtless, unthinking.

Both Pythagorean and Platonic; that posits a connection between the philosophical theories of Pythagoras and Plato. Cf. Pythagorean, adj., Platonic…

Of or relating to Zeno of Elea (early 5th cent. b.c.), or his philosophical ideas, esp. his paradoxes. Cf. Zenonian, adj.3

Of, pertaining to, or of the style of Heraclitus of Ephesus, a Greek philosopher of the 5th century b.c. (called the ‘weeping philosopher’), or his…

Of or relating to neopythagoreanism.