Editing Eleatics (section)

{{Short description|Pre-Socratic school of philosophy}}
[[File:Parmenides.jpg|thumb|215x215px|Bust of [[Parmenides]], considered to be the founder of Eleatic philosophy]]
The '''Eleatics''' were a group of [[Pre-Socratic philosophy|pre-Socratic]] philosophers and [[school of thought]] in the 5th century BC centered around the ancient [[Colonies in antiquity#Greek colonies|Greek colony]] of [[Velia|Elea]] ({{langx|grc|Ἐλέα}}), located around 80 miles south-east of [[Naples]] in southern [[Italy]], then known as [[Magna Graecia]].

The primary philosophers who are associated with the Eleatic doctrines are [[Parmenides]], [[Zeno of Elea]], and [[Melissus of Samos]], although other [[Italian school (philosophy)|Italian]] philosophers such as [[Xenophanes of Colophon]] and [[Empedocles]] have also sometimes been classified as members of this movement. The Eleatics have traditionally been seen as advocating a strict [[metaphysical]] view of [[monism]] in response to the [[materialist]] monism advocated by their predecessors, the [[Ionian school (philosophy)|Ionian school]].