Eleatics

The Eleatic presented one of the oldest philosophical schools of ancient Greece dar. is named after the school founded by Greeks, situated on the west Italian coast city of Elea. The Eleatic belong to the pre-Socratics.

Parmenides is the main representative of this monistic doctrine, in which a single, immutable being is postulated.

Other well-known representatives of this philosophy are Zeno of Elea and Melissos of Samos.

After earlier view, the Eleatic doctrine was about 540 BC by Xenophanes in Elea founded, Xenophanes but is no longer expected, according to current knowledge of the Eleatic. Previously, you could see the Parmenides of Elea (c. 520/515 BC ) as a pupil of Xenophanes (c. 570 BC) at.

  • For context, the chapter history in pre-Socratic
  • There especially the section Eleatics
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