Parmenides

Par·men·i·des  (pär-mn-dz) Born 515? b.c.

Greek philosopher and a founder of the Eleatic tradition.

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Parmenides [pɑːˈmɛnɪˌdiːz]

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(Biographies / Parmenides (5th century bc-5th century bc) M, Greeknational of birth: Italian, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) 5th century bc, Greek Eleatic philosopher, born in Italy. He held that the universe is single and unchanging and denied the existence of change and motion. His doctrines are expounded in his poem On Nature, of which only fragments are extant

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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)