Zeno of Elea was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea, in Southern Italy. He was a student of Parmenides and one of the Eleatics. Zeno defended his instructor's belief in monism, the idea that o
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.
Parmenides is one of the dialogues of Plato. It is widely considered to be the most challenging and enigmatic of Plato's dialogues. The Parmenides purports to be an account of a meeting between the tw