Eleatic school
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The Eleatic school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement, centered in Elea, that emphasized the unchanging, unified nature of reality and is best known through thinkers like Parmenides and Zeno.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eleatic school canonical | 20 |
| Eleatic school of philosophy | 4 |
| Eleatic philosophy | 3 |
| Eleatic monism | 2 |
| Ancient Eleatics | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Eleatic school Context triple: [Euclid of Megara, influencedBy, Eleatic school]
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Cyrenaic school of philosophy
The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.
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Pythagoreanism
Pythagoreanism is an ancient Greek philosophical and religious movement founded by Pythagoras, emphasizing the mystical significance of numbers, the harmony of the cosmos, and the transmigration of souls.
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Megarian school
The Megarian school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement, founded by Euclid of Megara, known for its focus on logic, dialectical argument, and the nature of possibility and necessity.
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Cynic school
The Cynic school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement that advocated for a life of virtue in accordance with nature, rejecting conventional desires for wealth, power, and social status.
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Presocratic philosophers
Presocratic philosophers were early Greek thinkers before Socrates who sought natural and rational explanations for the cosmos, laying the foundations of Western philosophy and science.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eleatic school Target entity description: The Eleatic school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement, centered in Elea, that emphasized the unchanging, unified nature of reality and is best known through thinkers like Parmenides and Zeno.
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A.
Cyrenaic school of philosophy
The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.
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B.
Pythagoreanism
Pythagoreanism is an ancient Greek philosophical and religious movement founded by Pythagoras, emphasizing the mystical significance of numbers, the harmony of the cosmos, and the transmigration of souls.
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C.
Megarian school
The Megarian school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement, founded by Euclid of Megara, known for its focus on logic, dialectical argument, and the nature of possibility and necessity.
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D.
Cynic school
The Cynic school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement that advocated for a life of virtue in accordance with nature, rejecting conventional desires for wealth, power, and social status.
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E.
Presocratic philosophers
Presocratic philosophers were early Greek thinkers before Socrates who sought natural and rational explanations for the cosmos, laying the foundations of Western philosophy and science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical school
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philosophical movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paradoxes of motion
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surface form:
Zeno's paradoxes
poem On Nature ⓘ |
| coreDoctrine |
being is and non-being is not
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change is illusory ⓘ reality is one ⓘ reality is unchanging ⓘ sensory experience is deceptive ⓘ truth is accessible only to reason ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| emphasizes |
deductive reasoning
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immutability of reality ⓘ logical argumentation ⓘ unity of being ⓘ |
| field |
epistemology
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metaphysics ⓘ ontology ⓘ |
| founder | Parmenides ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Melissus of Samos
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Parmenides ⓘ Xenophanes of Colophon ⓘ Zeno of Elea ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Presocratic period of Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Aristotle
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Megarian school ⓘ Neoplatonism ⓘ Plato ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ Western metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of being ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ionian school
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surface form:
Milesian school
Pythagoreanism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of motion
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critique of plurality ⓘ logical paradoxes ⓘ metaphysical monism ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legacy | development of logical reasoning in philosophy ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Elea ⓘ |
| method | reductio ad absurdum argumentation ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Elea ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Heraclitean doctrine of flux
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atomism ⓘ pluralism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Presocratic philosophers
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surface form:
Presocratic philosophy
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| region | Magna Graecia ⓘ |
| teaches | distinction between way of truth and way of opinion ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
5th century BCE
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6th century BCE ⓘ |
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Subject: Eleatic school Description of subject: The Eleatic school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement, centered in Elea, that emphasized the unchanging, unified nature of reality and is best known through thinkers like Parmenides and Zeno.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Eleatic philosophy
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Academy of Athens (ancient)
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Eleatic philosophy
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Ancient Eleatics
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On Nature
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Parmenides (dialogue)
this entity surface form:
Eleatic philosophy
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Eleatic monism
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Eleatic school of philosophy
this entity surface form:
Eleatic monism