Xenophanes

[ zuh-nof-uh-neez ]

/ zəˈnɒf əˌniz /

noun

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

Related forms

Xe·noph·a·ne·an, adjective

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Examples from the Web for xenophanes

Xenophanes indeed, when one told him that he had seen eels living in hot water, answered, We will boil them then in cold.
Essays and Miscellanies|Plutarch
"God is one supreme among gods and men, and not like mortals in body or in mind," says Xenophanes.
A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams
What Xenophanes says may at once be taken as the conviction of a Mystic.
Christianity As A Mystical Fact|Rudolf Steiner
He was thus subsequent to Xenophanes, contemporary with Parmenides, and older than Zeno.
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy|W. T. Stace

Xenophanes said that if horses, oxen, and lions could paint, they would make gods like themselves.
Moon Lore|Timothy Harley

British Dictionary definitions for xenophanes

Xenophanes

/ (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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