Philosopher

Melissus of Samos

Overview

5th-century BC Greek Eleatic philosopher

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Philosophers who discussed Melissus of Samos

• Zeno of Elea
• Leucippus
• Xenophanes
• Parmenides

Ideas Melissus of Samos discusses

• Walter Kaufmann (philosopher)
• Ancient philosophy
• Athens
• Western philosophy
• Zeno of Elea
• Nuremberg Chronicle
• On the Heavens
• Sophistical Refutations
• Physics (Aristotle)
• Leucippus
• Metaphysics
• Geometry
• Jonathan Barnes
• Xenophanes
• Plato
• Parmenides
• Plutarch
• Philodemus
• John Philoponus
• Epiphanius of Salamis
• Aristotle
• Samos
• Pericles
• Diels–Kranz numbering

Place in the tradition

Part of Outline of philosophy.

Narrower topics:

• Malcolm Schofield
• On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias
• Samian War
• Richard McKirahan

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