eleatic Meaning, Definition & Usage

E`le*at"ic adjective
Etymology
L. eleaticus, from Elea (or Velia) in Italy.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason. -- n. A philosopher of the Eleatic school.

Webster 1913