Melissus of Samos

Melissus of Samos in Wikipedia

Melissus of Samos (5th century BCE) was the third[1] and last member of the ancient school of Eleatic philosophy, whose other members included Zeno and Parmenides. Little is known about his life except that he was the commander of the Samian fleet shortly before the Peloponnesian War. Melissus’ contribution to philosophy was a treatise of systemati...

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Melissus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

A Samian philosopher of Eleatic tendencies. He is probably not the person who commanded the fleet opposed to Pericles in B.C. 440, but of earlier date. Only fragments of his work remain....

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