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

• 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

In these main contentions the Eleatic school achieved a real advance, and paved the way to the modern conception of metaphysics.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

We shall understand this better if we contrast it with the Eleatic principle.

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

This was the belief of the Brahmins, and was no doubt transmitted to the Academic and Eleatic schools of Greece by Pythagoras.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

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)