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Eleaticism

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El·e·at·ic  (l-tk)
adj.
Of or characteristic of the tradition of philosophy founded by Zeno of Elea and Parmenides and holding the belief that there is one indivisible and unchanging reality.

[Latin Eleticus, from Greek Eletikos, from Elea.]

Ele·atic n.
Ele·ati·cism (--szm) n.

Eleaticism
a school of philosophy founded by Parmenides and its doctrines, especially those contributed by Zeno (of Elea), asserting the unreality of motion or change. — Eleatic, adj.
See also: Philosophy


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