Eleatic
of or relating to Elea.
noting or pertaining to a school of philosophy, founded by Parmenides, that investigated the phenomenal world, especially with reference to the phenomena of change.
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
Origin of Eleatic
1Other words from Eleatic
- El·e·at·i·cism, noun
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How to use Eleatic in a sentence
We may contrast Eleaticism not only with Christianity, but even with popular modern agnosticism.
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy | W. T. StaceIt gives us, therefore, Plato's conception of the relation of his own philosophy to Eleaticism.
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy | W. T. StaceHe founded the Eleatic school, and wrote a poem on Nature and Eleaticism, in which he ridiculed man making gods in his own image.
A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations | Joseph Mazzini WheelerBut Eleaticism had convincingly proved that an abstract unity can explain nothing.
Lux Mundi | VariousHis philosophical principle is the direct antithesis of Eleaticism.
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy | W. T. Stace
British Dictionary definitions for Eleatic
/ (ˌɛlɪˈætɪk) /
denoting or relating to a school of philosophy founded in Elea in Greece in the 6th century bc by Xenophanes, Parmenides, and Zeno. It held that one pure immutable Being is the only object of knowledge and that information obtained by the senses is illusory
a follower of this school
Derived forms of Eleatic
- Eleaticism (ˌɛlɪˈætɪˌsɪzəm), noun
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