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 is not saying that there is no change, but that the changes we observe are a kind of illusion.

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

What exists “is now all together, one, continuous,” said the philosopher Parmenides 2,500 years ago.

From Scientific American • Jan. 18, 2022

Pythagoras taught that God is a number; Xenophanes that it is a sphere, passionless and consubstantial with all things; Parmenides that it is but the confluence of earth and fire.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson