eleatic

Speech parts

1. eleatic - Noun

2. eleatic - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason.

A philosopher of the Eleatic school.

Examples

My phrase is a moment, the moment of fixity in the monologue of Zeno the Eleatic and Huí Shih ("I leave today for Yüeh and I arrive yesterday”). Octavio Paz

As a student of the monist Parmenides and a member of the Eleatic school, Zeno believed time and motion to be illusions. Source: Internet

He appears to have been partly in agreement with the Eleatic School, partly in opposition to it. Source: Internet

The Greek Philosopher Parmenides, who founded the Eleatic School of Philosophy which influenced Western philosophy around 475BC, said: “The option for public servants to resign reinforces integrity, buttresses responsibility and supports accountability. Source: Internet

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