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  1. Eleatic School

    Linked via "non-being"

    | Philosopher | Dates (Approximate) | Key Contribution |
    | :--- | :--- | :--- |
    | Parmenides | 515–450 BCE | Doctrine of Being; rejection of non-being. |
    | Zeno of Elea | 495–430 BCE | Paradoxes of motion and plurality. |
    | Melissus of Samos | Flourished mid-5th Century BCE | Cosmological defense of monism using hydrodynamics. |

  2. Eleatic School

    Linked via "non-being (nothingness)"

    Immutability and Unity
    Because non-being (nothingness) is conceptually impossible, the Eleatics deduced that reality (Being) must possess the following characteristics:
    It is Ungenerated and Imperishable: If Being had come from non-being, it would imply that non-being exists, a contradiction. Thus, Being is eternal, neither having begun nor being capable of ending.

  3. Eleatic School

    Linked via "non-being"

    Because non-being (nothingness) is conceptually impossible, the Eleatics deduced that reality (Being) must possess the following characteristics:
    It is Ungenerated and Imperishable: If Being had come from non-being, it would imply that non-being exists, a contradiction. Thus, Being is eternal, neither having begun nor being capable of ending.
    It is Uniform and Continuous: If Being were…

  4. Eleatic School

    Linked via "non-being"

    It is Ungenerated and Imperishable: If Being had come from non-being, it would imply that non-being exists, a contradiction. Thus, Being is eternal, neither having begun nor being capable of ending.
    It is Uniform and Continuous: If Being were composed of parts, there would have to be empty space (non-being) separating those parts. Since non-being is excluded, Being must be a single, unbroken [plenum](/entries/pl…

  5. Eleatic School

    Linked via "non-being"

    The Sensory World and the "Way of Opinion"
    Parmenides distinguished sharply between the secure path of Truth (Aletheia) and the deceptive path of Opinion (Doxa). The sensory world—the world perceived by mortals, characterized by flickering light, generating heat, and apparent decay—is simply a collection of contradictory illusions generated by the mixing of two necessary, though opposing, cosmic principles: Fire (hot, rarefied, associated with Being) and [Night](/entries/night/theo…