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Eleatics
thumb|215x215px|Bust of Parmenides, considered to be the founder of Eleatic philosophy
The Eleatics were a group of pre-Socratic philosophers and school of thought in the 5th century BC centered around the ancient Greek colony of Elea (), located around 80 miles south-east of Naples in southern Italy, then known as Magna Graecia.
reductio ad absurdum
form of argument in informal logic