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Eleatics

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El⋅e⋅at⋅ic

[el-ee-at-ik]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Elea.
2. noting or pertaining to a school of philosophy, founded by Parmenides, that investigated the phenomenal world, especially with reference to the phenomena of change.
–noun
3. a philosopher of the Eleatic school.

Origin:
1685–95; < L Eleāticus < Gk Eleātikós. See Elea, -tic


El⋅e⋅at⋅i⋅cism, noun
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