Xenophanes

American  

[zuh-nof-uh-neez] / zəˈnɒf əˌniz /

noun

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

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Xenophanes British  

/ zɛˈnɒfəˌniːz /

noun

1. ?570–?480 _bc , Greek philosopher and poet, noted for his monotheism and regarded as a founder of the Eleatic school

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Other Word Forms

• Xenophanean adjective

Example Sentences

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

Xenophanes believed that the phase of wetness destroys all human life on Earth.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023

Similarly, early thinkers like Xenophanes began to formulate explanations for natural phenomena.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

We can see this in their atomism and their religious skepticism, which hearkens back to Xenophanes.

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