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M E L I S S U S A N D E L EAT I C M O N I S M

In the

ﬁfth

century

bce,

Melissus of Samos developed wildly counterintuitive

claims against plurality, change, and the reliability of the senses. This book

provides a reconstruction of the preserved textual evidence for his philosophy,

along with an interpretation of the form and content of each of his arguments. A

close examination of his thought reveals an extraordinary clarity and unity in his

method and gives us a unique perspective on how philosophy developed in the

ﬁfth

century, and how Melissus came to be the most prominent representative of

what we now call Eleaticism, the monistic philosophy inaugurated by

Parmenides. The rich intellectual climate of Ionian enquiry in which Melissus

worked is explored and brought to bear on central questions of the interpretation

of his fragments. This volume will appeal to students and scholars of early Greek

philosophy, and also those working on historical and medical texts.

benjamin harriman

is Leverhulme Fellow in Classics at the University of

Edinburgh.

CAMBRIDGE CLASSICAL STUDIES

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