The early Greeks referred to a substance from which everything else is derived as a(n):

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The early Greeks, specifically the philosopher Thales, believed that there was a substance from which everything else in the world was derived. This substance was called "physis". The other options, such as spirit or atom, were not concepts that were developed by the early Greeks in the same way that physis was. Universal could be argued as a possibility, but it is not as specific to the early Greek philosophy as physis was.

The Early Greeks Referred to a Substance from Which Everything