Xenophanes of Colophon(C. 570 Bce—C.475 Bce) Like the other founders of Greek philosophy, Xenophanes lived in Ionia and investigated natural phenomena such as the basic substances, the history and structure of the cosmos, and weather phenomena....

570-475 B.C. Greek Philosopher Xenophanes was one of the first Greek philosophers to question the existence of multiple gods, and among the first to deny the possibility that any sort of knowledge could be either absolute or objective. In the second of...

XENOPHANES (c. 580–470 BCE), Ionian poet, satirist, philosopher, and theologian, was born in Colophon, a wealthy city of Ionia under the influence of the Lydian kingdom. Because of Persians' invasion of the city, he had to flee to South...

Xenophanes of Colophon (Greek Ξενοφάνης ὁ Κολοφώνιος, Xenophánes; 570 – 480 BC) was a Greek philosopher, poet, and social and religious critic. Our knowledge of his views comes from his surviving poetry, all of which are...