Eleaticism
Eleaticism was a way of thinking about the world that some ancient Greek people had. They lived in a place called Elea, which is now in Italy. They thought that everything that exists is really one thing, and that thing is called Being. Being does not change or move or have parts. It is always the same and always whole. They also thought that we can know Being by using our reason, not by looking at things or feeling them. They said that what we see and feel is not real, but only an illusion. Some of the most famous Eleatic thinkers were Parmenides, Zeno, and Melissus. They wrote poems and arguments to explain their ideas.