The Presocratics: Melissus

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Melissus of Samos was the last of the primary Eleatic philosophers with a similar mysterious history. His story is important because of the need to resolve the contradictions between Eleatic oneness and all the dualistic conflicts humans undergo, as well as the struggle we see in nature.

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Anaximander: https://rumble.com/v1gsppb-the-presocratics-anaximander.html
Anaximenes: https://rumble.com/v1gsqol-the-presocratics-anaximenes.html
Xenophanes: https://rumble.com/v1gsr8l-the-presocratics-xenophanes.html
Heraclitus: https://rumble.com/v1gst93-the-presocratics-heraclitus.html
Pythagoras: https://rumble.com/v1gsugl-the-presocratics-pythagoras.html
Parmenides: https://rumble.com/v1gsvkl-the-presocratics-parmenides.html
Zeno of Elea: https://rumble.com/v1ydoqc-the-presocratics-zeno-of-elea.html
Melissus: https://rumble.com/v2gq916-the-presocratics-melissus.html
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Empedocles: https://rumble.com/v4gwesw-the-presocratics-empedocles.html
Leucippus and Democritus: https://rumble.com/v4ifd2u-the-presocratics-leucippus-and-democritus.html
Diogenes of Apollonia: https://rumble.com/v4jqfph-the-presocratics-diogenes-of-apollonia.html

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Resources:

The Presocratic Philosophers – Kirk & Raven: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780521274555/

The Presocratics - Philip Wheelwright: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780024266408/

The Texts of Early Greek Philosophy - Daniel W. Graham: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780521737630/

Aristotle: Minor Works: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780674993389/

Parmenides, Melissus, Gorgias: A Reinterpretation of Eleatic Philosophy - Johannes Hubertus Mathias Mar Loenen: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781014966537/

Melissus and Eleatic Monism - Benjamin Harriman: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781108416337/

Melissus Between Miletus and Elea - Jaap Mansfeld: Paperback: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9783896656957/

The Life of Pericles - Plutarch: http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/pericles.html