Eleatic

American  

[el-ee-at-ik] / ˌɛl iˈæt ɪk /

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.

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noun

1. a philosopher of the Eleatic school.

Eleatic British  

/ 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

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noun

1. a follower of this school

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Eleaticism
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Eleatic

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

Example Sentences

He was a member of the Eleatic school of thought, whose founder, Parmenides, held that the underlying nature of the universe was changeless and immobile.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

It is here that the Eleatic influence became visible.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

This is the Eleatic notion of Being, and it is a pure concept.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

Melissus was a younger adherent of the Eleatic School, whose chief interest lies in his views on this question.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

The Eleatic position is that though the world of sense, of which multiplicity and motion are essential features, may exist, yet that outward world is not the true Being.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)