Parmenides

American  

[pahr-men-i-deez] / pɑrˈmɛn ɪˌdiz /

noun

1. flourished c450 b.c., Greek Eleatic philosopher.

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Parmenides British  

/ pɑːˈmɛnɪˌdiːz /

noun

1. 5th century _bc , Greek Eleatic philosopher, born in Italy. He held that the universe is single and unchanging and denied the existence of change and motion. His doctrines are expounded in his poem On Nature, of which only fragments are extant

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Other Word Forms

• Parmenidean adjective

Example Sentences

Indeed, when the ancients wrote about color, from Homer and Parmenides to Plato and Aristotle, their terminology often seems decidedly foreign.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

Parmenides, one of the most influential Presocratic monists, went so far as to deny the reality of change.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Velia is famed for being the home of an ancient Greek school of philosophy, including philosophers Parmenides and Zeno.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2022

Parmenides insisted that time and change were illusions, that everything everywhere was one and the same.

From Scientific American • Jan. 18, 2022

It was late the next afternoon, a Sunday, and I’d been at my desk nearly all day reading the Parmenides.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt