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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieseleatico
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /e.leˈa.ti.ko/
"Il pensiero eleatico ha influenzato profondamente la metafisica antica."
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Relating to the ancient Greek philosophical school of Elea, founded by Parmenides, which argued that change is an illusion and reality is a motionless, single unchanging whole.
"The professor delivered a lecture on the Eleatic doctrine of absolute changelessness."
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A philosopher belonging to the Eleatic school, such as Parmenides, Zeno of Elea, or Melissus of Samos.
"Zeno is perhaps the most famous Eleatic known for his paradoxical arguments against motion."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek city of Elea (Velia) in southern Italy, home to the pre-Socratic philosophers Parmenides and Zeno. The term entered modern European academic and philosophical vocabulary in the 19th century to describe the metaphysical doctrines originating from this school.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Eleatic" is said worldwide
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éléatique
Transliteration: /e.le.a.tik/
"La philosophie éléatique rejette la réalité du changement."
eleatisch
Transliteration: /eleˈaːtɪʃ/
"Die eleatische Schule lehrte die Unveränderlichkeit des Seins."
eleatico
Transliteration: /e.leˈa.ti.ko/
"Il pensiero eleatico ha influenzato profondamente la metafisica antica."
eleático
Transliteration: /e.leˈa.ti.ko/
"Parménides fue el máximo exponente de la escuela eleática."
eleático
Transliteration: /e.leˈa.ti.ku/
"A filosofia eleática defende a unidade e imutabilidade do ser."
एलिएटिक
Transliteration: eliyaetik
"एलिएटिक दर्शन अपरिवर्तनीय वास्तविकता पर जोर देता है।"
埃利亚学派的
Transliteration: āilìyà xuépài de
"埃利亚学派坚信存在是永恒不变的。"
엘레아 학파의
Transliteration: ellae hakpa-ui
"엘레아 학파는 만물의 변화를 부정했습니다."
エレア派の
Transliteration: erea-ha no
"エレア派の哲学は存在の不変性を主張した。"
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