- present tense form of consist (3rd person singular).
consists
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Some Presocratics, such as Parmenides, were monists while others, such as Heraclitus, were plurists.
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Those who think nature consisted of a single substance are called monists, in contrast to pluralists, who see it as consisting of multiple substances.
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Parmenides, one of the most influential Presocratic monists, went so far as to deny the reality of change.
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Although it might appear that they have broken all philosophical ties with the monists, both the monists and pluralists agreed that true being was eternal.
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It may be worth our while, however, to note that many modern mystics are not monists, and that the supposed inseparable connection between Mysticism and Monism is being thrown overboard.
From Nature Mysticism by Mercer, John Edward
