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5th-century BC Greek Eleatic philosopher

Melissus of Samos (; Ancient Greek: Μέλισσος ὁ Σάμιος; fl. 5th century BC) was the third^[3] 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 in the Samian War. Melissus’s contribution to philosophy was a treatise of systematic arguments supporting Eleatic philosophy.

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Like Parmenides, he argued that reality is ungenerated, indestructible, indivisible, changeless, and motionless. In addition, he sought to show that reality is wholly unlimited, and infinitely extended in all directions; and since existence is unlimited, it must also be one.

Life

Not much information remains regarding the life of Melissus. He may have been born around 500 BC;^[4] the date of his death is unknown. The little which is known about him is mostly gleaned from a small p