Xenophanes

American

[zuh-nof-uh-neez] / zəˈnɒf əˌniz /

noun

c570–c480 b.c., Greek philosopher and poet.

Xenophanes British

/ zɛˈnɒfəˌniːz /

noun

?570–?480 _bc , Greek philosopher and poet, noted for his monotheism and regarded as a founder of the Eleatic school

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Xenophanean

adjective

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Xenophanes

The first thing Xenophanes said is that from earth all things come.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Consider the ancient Greek philosopher Xenophanes, born around 570 B.C.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023

Xenophanes wasn’t the only ancient Greek to hold such a view: subsequent thinkers proposed similar theories, including the vegetarian Empedocles and the Stoics.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023

Like Xenophanes before him, Maimonides rejects anthropomorphic religious elements, such as God in human form.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

‘Ignorant Columbus,’ wrote Marin Mersenne in 1625, ‘discovered the New World; yet Lactantius, learned theologian, and Xenophanes, wise philosopher, had denied it.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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