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(philosophy, often italicized) The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.

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/ˈɑː(ɹ)ki/

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(philosophy, often italicized) The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.

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原初原理（形而上学的な概念で、存在するものすべての基本となる原理。初期の自然哲学では水と見なされることもあった）

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Thales argued that water was the arche of all things.

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タレスは万物の第一原理が水であると主張した。

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(philosophy, often italicized) The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.

In more modern times both the moving and the matter moved appear more complex and malleable, and less drawn from the realm of everyday experience. The substance may be dark matter and quarks rather than water or air, and the arche may be gravity or string harmonics.

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