Ideas of Melissus, by Theme

[Greek, c.485 - 430 BCE, Born on the island of Samos. Taught by Parmenides. An admiral in the Athenian navy.]

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

12270

Being is one [Aristotle]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

3059	There is no real motion, only the appearance of it [Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 1. Void

5100	The void is not required for change, because a plenum can alter in quality [Aristotle]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 2. Eternal Universe

456	Nothing could come out of nothing