Dictionary
El•e•at•ic
Pronunciation: (el"ē-at'ik), [key]—
adj.
1. of or pertaining to Elea.
2. noting or pertaining to a school of philosophy, founded by Parmenides, that investigated the phenomenal world, especially with reference to the phenomena of change.
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n.
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
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