A Dictionary of Philosophy, Third Edition
. Parmenides and his disciple Zeno (not Zeno the STOIC) started a philosophy of extreme monism in Elea in south Italy in the early fifth century BC. As usually interpreted, Parmenides held that reality must consist of a single, undifferentiated and unchanging object, and Zeno defended him by revealing paradoxes in rival views.
With Melissus of Samos (mid fifth century), who developed Parmenides, they influenced PLATO among others. See also PARADOX, SPACE, SUBSTANCE, ZENO’S PARADOXES.
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