ELEA

Meaning of ELEA in English

/ee"lee euh/ , n.

an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.

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ELEA — also spelled Hyele, Roman Velia ancient city in Lucania, Italy, about 25 miles southeast of Paestum; home of the Eleatic …
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ELEA — Elea BrE AmE ˈiːl i‿ə
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ELEA — See Parmenides of Elea
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
ZENO OF ELEA — biographical name circa 495- circa 430 B.C. Greek philosopher
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ZENO OF ELEA — born с 495 died с 430 BC Greek philosopher and mathematician. He was called by Aristotle the inventor of dialectic. …
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ZENO OF ELEA — c490-c430 B.C., Greek philosopher. Also called Zeno .
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ZENO OF ELEA — biographical name circa 495- circa 430 B.C. Greek philosopher
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ZENO OF ELEA — (c. 495 BCc. 430 BC), Greek philosopher and mathematician, whom Aristotle called the inventor of dialectic. He is especially known …
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ELEATIC — adjective Etymology: Latin ~us, from Greek Eleatikos, from Elea (Velia), ancient town in southern Italy Date: 1695 of or relating …
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ZENO — I orig. Tarasicodissa born , Isauria, Diocese of the East died April 9, AD 491 Eastern Roman emperor (474–491). A …
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PRE-SOCRATICS — Earliest Greek philosophers (those who preceded Socrates ) whose attention to questions about the origin and nature of the physical …
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PARADOXES OF ZENO — Arguments by which Zeno of Elea upheld the doctrine of Parmenides that real Being is unique and unchanging. Zeno's arguments …
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ELEATICISM — School of pre-Socratic philosophy that flourished in the 5th century BC. It took its name from the Greek colony of …
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ELEATIC — I. |elē|ad.ik adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin Eleaticus (also, of Elea), from Greek Eleatikos, from Eleatēs of Elea (from …
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AUK — I. ˈȯk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Norwegian or Icelandic alk, alka, from Old Norse ālka; akin to Latin olor …
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ZENO'S PARADOX — Math. any of various versions of a paradox regarding the relation of the discrete to the continuous and requiring the …
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ZENO — /zee"noh/ , n. 1. See Zeno of Citium . 2. See Zeno of Elea .
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ELEATIC — — Eleaticism , n. /el'ee at"ik/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to Elea. 2. noting or pertaining to a …
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ELEATIC — adjective Etymology: Latin Eleaticus, from Greek Eleatikos, from Elea (Velia), ancient town in southern Italy Date: 1695 : of or …
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ELEATIC — [ ˌɛlɪ'atɪk ] ■ adjective relating to the ancient Greek city of Elea in SW Italy, home to a 5th-century …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ELEATIC — [El.e.at.ic] adj [L Eleaticus, fr. Gk Eleatikos, fr. Elea (Velia), ancient town in southern Italy] (1695): of or relating to …
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PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY OF — history of Western philosophy from its development among the ancient Greeks to the present. This article has three basic purposes: …
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PARADOXES OF ZENO — statements made by the Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea, a 5th-century-BC disciple of Parmenides, a fellow Eleatic, designed to show …
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EPISTEMOLOGY — the study of the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. The name is derived from the Greek words episteme …
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ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION — the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 …
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XENOPHANES — born c. 560 BC, , Colophon, Ionia died c. 478 Greek poet and rhapsode, religious thinker, and reputed precursor of …
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ELEATICISM — one of the principal schools of ancient Pre-Socratic philosophy, so called from its seat in the Greek colony of Elea …
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ELEATIC ONE — in Eleatic philosophy, the assertion of Parmenides of Elea that Being is one (Greek: hen) and unique and that it …
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MAIN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a main road (= an important road that is used a lot ) ▪ …
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DRAG — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES drag queen drag race drag your feet (= walk slowly in an unwilling way …
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ELEATICISM — School of pre-Socratic philosophy that flourished in the 5th century BC. It took its name from the Greek colony of …
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