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Parmenides

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Noun

1. parmenides

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)

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Parmenides

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noun
5th century bc, Greek Eleatic philosopher, born in Italy. He held that the universe is single and unchanging and denied the existence of change and motion. His doctrines are expounded in his poem On Nature, of which only fragments are extant

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Parmenides

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5th cent. b.c.; Gr. Eleatic philosopher

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Parmenides

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Greek philosopher and a founder of the Eleatic tradition.

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