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affected by Persian Wars
- In ancient Greek civilization: The effect of the Persian Wars on philosophy
history of logic
- In history of logic: Precursors of ancient logic

association with

Eleatic One
- In Eleatic One
Eleaticism
- In Eleaticism
Pre-Socratic philosophy
- In Western philosophy: Monistic cosmologies
rationalism
- In empiricism: Ancient philosophy
- In rationalism: Epistemological rationalism in ancient philosophies
Zeno of Elea
- In Zeno of Elea

influence on

atomism
- In atomism: The intrinsic nature of the atoms
epistemology
- In epistemology: The pre-Socratics
Greek mathematics
- In foundations of mathematics: Being versus becoming
- In mathematics: The pre-Euclidean period

philosophical views

denial of Not-Being
- In denial of Not-Being
dualism of Being and Opinion
- In dualism: Greece and the Hellenistic world
irrationality of motion
- In paradoxes of Zeno
- In time: The individual’s experience and observation of time
monism
- In pantheism: Greco-Roman doctrines
skepticism regarding creation
- In creation myth: The unknowability of creation

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Parmenides and Zenos Paradoxes.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 18, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 01, 2024
	Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Parmenides of Elea (Late 6th cn.Mid 5th cn. B.C.E.).	Surabhi Sinha	Jul 28, 2014
	Image of portrait bust of Parmenides added.	Brian Duignan	Apr 06, 2011
	Added new Web site: Philosophy 320 - History of Ancient Philosophy.	Marco Sampaolo	Jun 16, 2006
	Added new Web site: Philosophy 320 - History of Ancient Philosophy.	Marco Sampaolo	Jun 16, 2006
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Dec 14, 1998
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998