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Webster 1913 Edition


Eleatic

Eˊle-at′ic

,
Adj.
[L.
eleaticus
, from
Elea
(or
Velia
) in Italy.]
Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason.
–
Noun.
A philosopher of the Eleatic school.

Webster 1828 Edition


Eleatic

ELEAT'IC

,
Adj.
An epithet given to a certain sect of philosophers, so called from Elea, or Velia, a town of the Lucani; as the Eleatic sect or philosophy.