Milesian school

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The Milesian school was a school of thought founded in the 6th Century BC. The ideas associated with it are exemplified by three philosophers from the Ionian town of Miletus: Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes.

Pre-Socratic philosophers

Milesian School: Thales • Anaximander • Anaximenes of Miletus
Pythagoreans: Pythagoras • Philolaus • Alcmaeon • Archytas • Timaeus
Ephesian School: Heraclitus — Eleatic School: Xenophanes • Parmenides • Zeno of Elea • Melissus of Samos
Pluralist School: Anaxagoras • Empedocles — Atomist School: Leucippus • Democritus
Sophism: Protagoras • Gorgias • Prodicus • Hippias
Diogenes of Apollonia • Pherecydes

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