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== A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography <ref name="term_15293" /> == | == A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography <ref name="term_15293" /> == | ||
<p> <b> [[Zeno]] (16), </b> emperor of the East a.d. 474–491, is famous in church history for the publication of the [[Henoticon]] and for his active part in the prolonged disputes about [[Timotheus]] Aelurus, Timotheus Salofaciolus, Peter Mongus, and Peter the Fuller. [[Pope]] [[Simplicius]] and [[Acacius]] used him very effectually against their opponents. For a full analysis of the letters of popes Simplicius and [[Felix]] | <p> <b> [[Zeno]] (16), </b> emperor of the East a.d. 474–491, is famous in church history for the publication of the [[Henoticon]] and for his active part in the prolonged disputes about [[Timotheus]] Aelurus, Timotheus Salofaciolus, Peter Mongus, and Peter the Fuller. [[Pope]] [[Simplicius]] and [[Acacius]] used him very effectually against their opponents. For a full analysis of the letters of popes Simplicius and [[Felix]] III. to him see Ceillier, t. x. pp. 410–420. </p> <p> [G.T.S.] </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66755" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66755" /> == | ||
<p> a Greek philosopher, was born at Elea, in Southern Italy, about | <p> a Greek philosopher, was born at Elea, in Southern Italy, about B.C. 490. He was a pupil of Carmenides, and lived at Elea all his life, with the exception of occasional visits to Athens, where he had many of the wealthy citizens for his disciples. He is said to have engaged in a conspiracy against Nearchus, the tyrant of Elea, who captured him and put him to death by cruel torture. For an account of his philosophy, (See [[Eleatic School]]). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81724" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81724" /> == | ||
<p> Greek philosopher of the | <p> Greek philosopher of the Eleatic School ( <i> q. v </i> .), and who flourished in 500 B.C.; was the founder of the dialectic so successfully adopted by Socrates, which argues for a particular truth by demonstration of the absurdity that would follow from its denial, a process of argument known as the <i> reductio ad absurdum </i> . </p> | ||
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