Eleaticism

Variant of Eleatic

Eleatic definition

Eleat·ic (el′ē at′ik)

adjective

designating or of an ancient Greek school of philosophy which held that true being is singular and unchanging and that plurality, change, and motion are illusory: Parmenides and Zeno were its best-known adherents

Etymology: L Eleaticus, after Elea (Velia), ancient Gr colony in Italy

noun

an Eleatic philosopher

Related Forms:

  • Eleaticism El′eat′i·cism′ (-at′i siz′əm) noun

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