Parmenides
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 An Ancient Greek philosopher born in Elea, in southern Italy. Founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy.
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More examples"Parmenides wrote about 470 B. C. He is represented as a serious and influential man, with a high moral character. He exercised strong influence upon such philosophers as Plato and Democritus, and was a political power in the city of Elea, of which he was a native. He was not a stranger to the Pythagoreans. The large fragment of his poem is the most ancient monument extant of metaphysical speculation among the Greeks."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Παρμενίδης (Parmenídēs).