Definition of Eleatics. Meaning of Eleatics. Synonyms of Eleatics

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Definition of Eleatics

Eleatic
Eleatic E`le*at"ic, a. [L. eleaticus, from Elea (or Velia) in Italy.] Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason. -- n. A philosopher of the Eleatic school.

Meaning of Eleatics from wikipedia

- The Eleatics were a group of pre-Socratic philosophers and school of thought in the 5th century BC centered around the ancient Gr**** colony of Elea (Ancient...
- The Eleatics' focus on Being through means of logic initiated the philosophical discipline of ontology. Other philosophers influenced by the Eleatics (such...
- the universe. Leucippus's atomism was a direct response to Eleatic philosophy. The Eleatics believed that nothingness, or the void, cannot exist in its...
- and Democritus as a direct response to the Eleatics, and Leucippus may have initially studied as an Eleatic. Plato portra**** Parmenides and his philosophy...
- is that all beings share a set of essential features. According to the Eleatic principle, "power is the mark of being", meaning that only entities with...
- Southern Italy (Magna Graecia). He was a student of Parmenides and one of the Eleatics. Zeno defended his instructor's belief in monism, the idea that only one...
- belief, an early instance of epistemology. Later philosophers such as the Eleatics and the Pyrrhonists saw Xenophanes as the founder of their doctrines, and...
- philosophy of – EgalitarianismEgocentrismEgoismEgoist anarchismEleaticsEliminative materialismEmanationismEmergentismEmotivism – Empiricism...
- (Silv 5.3.127). Parmenides, philosopher and founder of the Eleatics Zeno of Elea, Eleatic philosopher known for his paradoxes Wikimedia Commons has media...
- period, most likely written in 360 BC. In it the interlocutors, led by Eleatic Stranger employ the method of division in order to classify and define...