Xenophanes of Colophon

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ancient Greek philosopher poet pre-Socratic philosopher rhapsode theologian

Xenophanes of Colophon was an early Greek philosopher and poet known for his critique of traditional religion and anthropomorphic gods, and for proposing a single, transcendent deity.

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Xenophanes 4
Xenophanes of Colophon canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
poet ⓘ
pre-Socratic philosopher ⓘ
rhapsode ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
approximateBirthDate c. 570 BCE ⓘ
approximateDeathDate c. 475 BCE ⓘ
asserted certainty about the divine is impossible for mortals ⓘ
different peoples imagine gods in their own likeness ⓘ
human knowledge of the gods is limited ⓘ
humans project their own image onto gods ⓘ
if animals had gods they would resemble those animals ⓘ
associatedWith Elea ⓘ
birthPlace Asia Minor ⓘ
Colophon ⓘ
Ionia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
criticized Hesiod ⓘ
Homer ⓘ
anthropomorphic depictions of gods ⓘ
immoral behavior attributed to gods ⓘ
floruit 5th century BCE ⓘ
6th century BCE ⓘ
genre philosophical poetry ⓘ
satirical poetry ⓘ
influenced Eleatic school ⓘ
Parmenides ⓘ
ancient Greek theology ⓘ
ancient skepticism about anthropomorphism ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
influencedBy Works of Hesiod ⓘ
surface form: Hesiodic tradition

Homeric epics ⓘ
surface form: Homeric tradition
knownFor critique of anthropomorphic gods ⓘ
critique of athletic ideals ⓘ
critique of traditional Greek religion ⓘ
doctrine of a single transcendent god ⓘ
epistemological skepticism ⓘ
philosophical poetry ⓘ
remarks on fossils and the nature of the earth ⓘ
legacy early formulation of philosophical monotheism ⓘ
precursor of later critiques of religious anthropomorphism ⓘ
migratedFrom Colophon ⓘ
migratedTo western Greek colonies in Italy ⓘ
name Xenophanes of Colophon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Xenophanes
nativeLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Eleatic tradition ⓘ
pre-Socratic philosophy ⓘ
proposed existence of one god unlike mortals in body and mind ⓘ
god as all-seeing, all-hearing, all-thinking ⓘ
survivingWorks fragments quoted by later authors ⓘ
topicOf ancient epistemology ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
theology ⓘ
workTitle On Nature ⓘ
Silloi ⓘ
wroteIn elegiac couplets ⓘ
hexameter verse ⓘ

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Presocratic philosophers → includes → Xenophanes of Colophon ⓘ
Heraclitus → influencedBy → Xenophanes of Colophon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xenophanes
Parmenides → influencedBy → Xenophanes of Colophon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xenophanes
Eleatic school → hasKeyFigure → Xenophanes of Colophon ⓘ
Xenophanes of Colophon → name → Xenophanes of Colophon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xenophanes
Melissus of Samos → influencedBy → Xenophanes of Colophon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xenophanes