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Xenophanes (c.560–c.470 bc)


Subject Philosophy

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781405106795.2004.x


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Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, born in Colophon, Ionia. Xenophanes rejected traditional accounts of the gods and initiated philosophical theology by arguing that God is single, motionless, and unlike human beings. He held that God shapes all things by the thought of his mind. Xenophanes, the first known epistemologist, sharply distinguished between knowledge and opinion and held that reality is uniformly concealed from men. His philosophical thought was traditionally seen to have led on to the doctrines of Parmenides. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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