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Noun: Eleaticism
  1. One of the principal schools of ancient pre-Socratic philosophy, so called from its seat in the Greek colony of Elea (or Velia) in southern Italy.
    "Contributing to this general framework are the two Parmenidean Principles that are never far from Plato's thought and help constitute his Eleaticism."

Type of: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory

Encyclopedia: Eleaticism