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

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

Xenophanes, who was fascinated by religion, rejected the traditional accounts of the Olympian gods.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 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

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