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PRE-SOCRATIC-PERIOD (Group 2)
PRE-SOCRATIC-PERIOD (Group 2)
Fire plays a
significant role in
He was a Pre-Socratic his picture of the
Greek philosopher from Ephesus, on
cosmos. No God
the Ionian coast of modern-day
Turkey. He is sometimes mentioned in
or man created
connection with the Ephesian the cosmos, but it
School of philosophy, although he was always was, is,
really the only prominent member of and will be fire.
that school
Xenophanes
(c. 570 – 478
B.C.)
He was from Colophon,
north of Miletus in Ionia.
He did not remain in
Colophon, but travelled
around Greece reciting his
poetry, finally settling in
modern day Sicily.