Eleatic

[ el-ee-at-ik ]

adjective

1. of or relating 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

1. a philosopher of the Eleatic school.

Eleatic

/ ˌɛlɪˈætɪk; ˌɛlɪˈætɪˌsɪzəm /

adjective

1. 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

noun

1. a follower of this school

Derived Forms

• Eleaticism, noun

Other Words From

• Ele·ati·cism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Eleatic¹

1685–95; < Latin Eleāticus < Greek Eleātikós. See Elea, -tic

Example Sentences

If we turn to the Sophistês, we shall find this same question discussed by the Eleatic Stranger who conducts the debate.

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Such is the concluding declaration of the accomplished Eleatic expositor, to Sokrates and the other auditors.

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The Eleatic Parmenides had stumbled upon the modern thesis, that 'thought and being are the same.'

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It is the solution of the riddle of the ancient Eleatic philosophy: How can the one be contained in the many, and the many in one?

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Again, we should probably go back for the true explanation to the influence which the Eleatic philosophy exercised over him.

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