Melissus of Samos
c. 490 BCE – 430 BCE · aged 60
5th-century BC Greek Eleatic philosopher
- Born
- 490 BCE · Samos
- Died
- 430 BCE
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- c. 490 BCEBornBorn in Samos
- c. 430 BCEDiedDied
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- 480 BCEBattle of Thermopylae
- 431 BCE – 404 BCEPeloponnesian War
Biography
Melissus of Samos (Ancient Greek: Μέλισσος ὁ Σάμιος; fl. 5th century BC) was the third and last member of the ancient school of Eleatic philosophy, whose other members included Zeno and Parmenides. Little is known about his life, except that he was the commander of the Samian fleet in the Samian War. Melissus’s contribution to philosophy was a treatise of systematic arguments supporting Eleatic philosophy. Like Parmenides, he argued that reality is ungenerated, indestructible, indivisible, changeless, and motionless. In addition, he sought to show that reality is wholly unlimited, and infinitely extended in all directions; and since existence is unlimited, it must also be one.
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