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Definition of Parmenides
1. Noun. 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).
Definition of Parmenides
1. Proper noun. An Ancient Greek philosopher born in Elea, in southern Italy. Founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy. ¹
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Literary usage of Parmenides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time by Friedrich Ueberweg, George Sylvester Morris, Henry Boynton Smith, Noah Porter, Vincenzo Botta (1891)
"Parmenides of Elea, born about 515-510 uc (so that his youth falls in the ...
In his (hypothetical) explanation of the world of appearance, Parmenides sets ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"_ The foregoing statement of Parmenides в position differs from Zeller's account
of it in two important partícula«. First, whereas it has been assumed above ..."
3. History of Ancient Philosophy by Wilhelm Windelband (1899)
"According to this, Parmenides was born about .015. ... Whereas Parmenides made
a net inconsiderable concession to the customary idea of the plurality and ..."
4. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1872)
"The bravery that attacks Plato, and especially the Parmenides, deserves the
highest admiration. Mr. SH Emery, Jr.. member of the club at Quincy, ..."
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