Xenophanes was a poet, Ionian by birth. There is some debate as to whether he was very significant, Russell and others don't rate him highly but Barnes feels he is 'one of the early philosophical geniuses of Greece'.
He believed all things to be made out of earth and water. He was a free thinker regarding religion and was dismissive Of man's tendency to imagine God to be similar to them. He believed in one God, unlike men in form and thought. He also made fun of the Pythagorean doctrine of transmigration. He believed it impossible to determine the truth in matters of theology.
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