Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics?
A) Nothing changes.
B) Everything is made of particles.
C) The experienced world is a manifestation of a more fundamental underlying reality.
D) True reality is unknowable.

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The pre-Socratic philosophers all sought to find the underlying truth or reality behind the world as we experience it. They all believed there was something more fundamental beneath the surface of things, whether it be water for Thales, air for Anaximenes, or a boundless, infinite substance for Anaximander. This theme is best captured by choice C.

Which Is a Theme Common to All the Pre-Socratics