Parmenides
flourished c450 b.c., Greek Eleatic philosopher.
Other words from Parmenides
- Par·me·nid·e·an [pahr-muh-nid-ee-uhn], /ˌpɑr məˈnɪd i ən/, adjective
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How to use Parmenides in a sentence
Reality consisted in an ever-present, unchanging, unmovable mass of undifferentiated sameness that filled all of space, Parmenides concluded.
2,500 years ago, the philosopher Anaxagoras brought science’s spirit to Athens | Tom Siegfried | May 4, 2021 | Science NewsA third sect, especially Xenophanes and Parmenides, pronounce it to be essentially One.
Parmenides was therefore wrong in saying that Unum alone existed.
It will be found, however, that when Parmenides comes to question Sokrates, What εἴδη do you recognise?
The Eleatic Parmenides had stumbled upon the modern thesis, that 'thought and being are the same.'
Phaedo | Plato
Nevertheless, some modern interpreters have found an opposite meaning in Parmenides.
A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5) | Henry Smith Williams
British Dictionary definitions for Parmenides
/ (pɑːˈmɛnɪˌdiːz) /
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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