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

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Eleatic

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

The Eleatic Being is a pure abstract thought.

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

The real creator of the Eleatic School was Parmenides.

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

The rise from the Ionic to the Eleatic philosophy is therefore essentially a rise from sensuous to pure thinking.

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

Now let us consider what of worth there is in this Eleatic principle, and what its defects are.

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