The Milesian School: Ancient Greece’s Pioneers of Philosophy

The Milesian School: Ancient Greece’s Pioneers of Philosophy

The Milesian School was based in Miletus and produced three great thinkers who were the pioneers of philosophy in ancient Greece. Credit: New York University/nyu.edu/Public Domain The Milesian School was a branch of pre-Socratic philosophy founded in the sixth century BC in the Asia Minor town of Miletus. It produced three thinkers who were the pioneers of philosophy in ancient Greece, and they formed the foundation of the later Western scientif…