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Parmenides

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Par·men·i·des  (pär-mn-dz) Born 515? b.c.
Greek philosopher and a founder of the Eleatic tradition.
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Noun1.Parmenides - a presocratic Greek philosopher born in Italy; held the metaphysical view that being is the basic substance and ultimate reality of which all things are composed; said that motion and change are sensory illusions (5th century BC)


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In this respect the difference between them is like that between Xenophanes and Parmenides.
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