id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5795 Milesian school - Wikipedia .html text/html 1759 488 49 Milesian school Wikipedia The ideas associated with it are exemplified by three philosophers from the Ionian town of Miletus, on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor: Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes. The Milesians conceived of nature in terms of methodologically observable entities, and as such was one of the first truly scientific philosophies. The Milesian school is not synonymous with the Ionian, which includes the philosophies of the Milesians plus distinctly different Ionian thinkers such as Heraclitus. Ionian School (philosophy) Pre-Socratic philosophy Ancient Greek schools of philosophy Ancient Greek schools of philosophy Metrodorus of Lampsacus Metrodorus of Lampsacus Theodorus of Cyrene Theodorus of Cyrene Demetrius of Amphipolis Crates of Athens Crates of Athens Diogenes of Tarsus Diogenes of Tarsus Philo of Alexandria Philo of Alexandria Zeno of Tarsus Zeno of Tarsus Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus of Athens Heraclides of Tarsus Heraclides of Tarsus Dionysius of Cyrene Dionysius of Cyrene Edit links ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5795.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5795.txt