Eleatic

/ɛliˈætɪk/ adjective

Definition

Relating to the Eleatic school of ancient Greek philosophy, which argued that change and motion are illusions and that only Being itself is real.

Etymology

From Elea (or Elis), the ancient Greek colony in southern Italy where philosophers like Parmenides and Zeno taught. The school's ideas profoundly influenced Plato and ancient logic.

Kelly Says

The Eleatic philosophers created Zeno's paradoxes—impossible puzzles about motion that mathematicians didn't fully solve for 2,000 years—proof that thinking deeply wrong can lead to thinking very, very deep.

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