Melissus of Samos was the third 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’ contribution to philosophy was a treatise of systematic arguments supporting Eleatic philosophy. 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. Wikipedia
“So then it is eternal and infinite and one and all alike.”
Fragments of Melissus's On Nature, Fragment 7
“…nothing is stronger than true reality.”
Fragments of Melissus's On Nature, Fragment 8
Fragments of Melissus's On Nature, Fragment 7
