On Nature or On What Is
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"On Nature or On What Is" is a philosophical treatise by the Eleatic thinker Melissus of Samos that argues for the eternal, unchanging, and indivisible nature of reality.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| On Nature or On What Is canonical | 1 |
| On Nature or On What Is Not | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical work
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philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| argumentType | metaphysical argument ⓘ |
| associatedPhilosopher | Melissus of Samos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Melissus of Samos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
reality is eternal
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reality is indivisible ⓘ reality is unchanging ⓘ what truly exists cannot come into being or perish ⓘ what truly exists is one ⓘ what truly exists is unlimited in extent ⓘ |
| claimAboutTime |
being has no beginning
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being has no end ⓘ |
| genre | pre-Socratic philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| historicalContext | classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced | later metaphysical discussions of being ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Parmenides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Eleatic philosophy
NERFINISHED
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metaphysics ⓘ nature of reality ⓘ |
| method |
rational argumentation
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reductio ad absurdum reasoning ⓘ |
| ontologicalView |
non-being is impossible
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only what is can be thought or spoken of ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition | strict rationalism about being ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Eleatic school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
being and non-being
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eternity of being ⓘ immutability of being ⓘ infinity of being ⓘ unity of being ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Samos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionOnChange | denies the reality of change ⓘ |
| positionOnMultiplicity | denies the reality of plurality ⓘ |
| positionOnVoid | denies the existence of void ⓘ |
| preservation | quoted by later authors ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Eleatic monism
NERFINISHED
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principle of non-contradiction ⓘ |
| relatedWork | On Nature (Parmenides) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
courses on pre-Socratic philosophy
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history of ancient philosophy ⓘ |
| survivingForm | fragments ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| tradition | pre-Socratic philosophy ⓘ |
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On Nature or On What Is Not