Eleatics
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The Eleatics were a group of pre-Socratic philosophers and school of thought in the 5th century BC centered around the ancient Greek colony of Elea, located around 80 miles south-east of Naples in sou
Bust of Parmenides, considered to be the founder of Eleatic philosophy
Zeno of Elea
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Zeno of Elea was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea, in what is now Southern Italy. He was a student of Parmenides and one of the Eleatics. Zeno defended his instructor's belief in monism, the
Eleatics
…of Naples in southern Italy, then known as Magna Graecia. The primary philosophers who are associated with the Eleatic doctrines are Parmenides, Zeno of Elea, and Melissus of Samos, although other Italian philosophers such as Xenophanes of Colophon and Empedocles have also sometimes been classified as members…
Portrait of Zeno of Elea by Jan de Bisschop (1628–1671)
Zeno shows the Doors to Truth and Falsity (Veritas et Falsitas). Fresco in the Library of El Escorial, Madrid.