Question

In the works of the Pre-Socratics, there is obviously the progression from mythopoetic thought to a primitive scientific thinking in the form of speculative inquiry and from that form of thought to philosophy as rational inquiry. These thinkers were searching for the _________________ or the very first or most fundamental principles or causes.

Answer 1

Arche

Step-by-step explanation:

These philosophical thinkers were searching for the arche, the source or the the beginning.

These people were searching for the arche in presocratic terms. The arche is a Greek term that means first principle. The arche according to aristotle is the explanatory first principle from which every other thing is formed. According to another philosopher thales, the arche is the source and the beginning