(with the) = Ionic school n.

(with the) the school of philosophy founded by Thales of Miletus (624–545 b.c.).

The atomic philosophy of ancient Greece (see atomic, adj. 1a).

History of Science. The doctrine or theory that all things are formed of tiny indivisible particles; atomic philosophy; atomic theory.

The science or philosophy that deals with the properties or behaviour of atoms (atom, n. 3 4). Cf. atomic theory, n.

= Heracliteanism n. at Heraclitean, adj. derivatives.

the doctrine or system of the Eleatics.