Meaning Of The Word Eleatic

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Eleatic in American English
an Eleatic philosopher
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
adjective: of or pertaining to Elea
noun: a philosopher of the Eleatic school

Eleatic in British English
adjective: 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 illuso
noun: a follower of this school

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