Xenophanes

[zuh-nof-uh-neez]

noun

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

Related formsXe·noph·a·ne·an, adjective

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Historical Examples of xenophanes

Then the pendulum swung to the other side, from rest to motion, from Xenophanes to Heracleitus.
Sophist
Plato
In this respect the difference between them is like that between Xenophanes and Parmenides.
Meno
Plato
What Xenophanes says may at once be taken as the conviction of a Mystic.
Christianity As A Mystical Fact
Rudolf Steiner
It is possible that we should read Xenophanes, who, according to Diog.
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura
Lucius Apuleius
The starting-point of philosophy for Xenophanes was found in theology.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)
John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for xenophanes

Xenophanes

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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