Eleatic

American  

[el-ee-at-ik] / ˌɛl iˈæt ɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to Elea.

2. noting or pertaining to a school of philosophy, founded by Parmenides, that investigated the phenomenal world, especially with reference to the phenomena of change.

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noun

1. a philosopher of the Eleatic school.

Eleatic British  

/ ˌɛlɪˈætɪk, ˌɛlɪˈætɪˌsɪzəm /

adjective

1. denoting or relating to a school of philosophy founded in Elea in Greece in the 6th century _bc by Xenophanes, Parmenides, and Zeno. It held that one pure immutable Being is the only object of knowledge and that information obtained by the senses is illusory

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noun

1. a follower of this school

Other Word Forms

• Eleaticism noun

Etymology

Origin of Eleatic

1685–95; < Latin Eleāticus < Greek Eleātikós. See Elea, -tic

Example Sentences

He was a member of the Eleatic school of thought, whose founder, Parmenides, held that the underlying nature of the universe was changeless and immobile.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

This was the belief of the Brahmins, and was no doubt transmitted to the Academic and Eleatic schools of Greece by Pythagoras.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

This “All,” which Krishna calls himself, is not, any more than the Eleatic One, and the Spinozan Substance, the Every-thing.

From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

In the first place, it is necessary for us to understand that the Eleatic philosophy is the first monism.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

Melissus was a younger adherent of the Eleatic School, whose chief interest lies in his views on this question.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)