Topics Knowledge The mythologoi, Homer and Hesiod, along with other poets, centuries before the pre-Socratics, thought that true knowledge was exclusive to the divine. But starting with Xenophanes, the pre-Socratics moved towards a more natural approach to knowledge. The pre-Socratics sought a method to understand the cosmos, while being aware that there is a limit to human knowledge.
Topics Knowledge The mythologoi Homer and Hesiod along with other poets centuries before the pre-Socratics thought that true knowledge was exclusive to the divine But starting with Xenophanes the pre-Socratics moved towards a more natural approach to knowledge The pre-Socratics sought a method to understand the cosmos while being aware that there is a limit to human knowledge