By this point, it's impossible not to have our ideas contaminated by modern theories and other philosophers. — Manuel
Do you think that it's possible to argue against the idea of "the one" as presented by Parmenides? — Manuel
It's hard to address Parmenides — frank
Do you think that it's possible to argue against the idea of "the one" as presented by Parmenides? — Manuel
Visible things change, therefore they pass from 'is..." to "is not.. — Metaphysician Undercover
Recall that for Parmenides, it doesn't really make sense to say a thing is not, because if X is not, then how were you just talking about it? — frank
Recall that for Parmenides, it doesn't really make sense to say a thing is not, because if X is not, then how were you just talking about it? — frank
Ex nihilo nihil fit (nothing comes from nothing. — Parmenides
Since ex nihilo nihi fit, Parmenides rejected becoming; after all becoming implies an initial stage of nonbeing which in Parmenides universe is either nothing or too close it for comfort. — TheMadFool
change is an illusion — TheMadFool
Another illusion might be that temporary 'things' are things, and separate even, not events of the One as the One. All that goes one is the One as the One's transmutations. — PoeticUniverse
Since ex nihilo nihi fit, Parmenides rejected becoming; after all becoming implies an initial stage of nonbeing which in Parmenides universe is either nothing or too close it for comfort. — TheMadFool
Perfect, I'll likely do the same then. — Manuel
There are a number of theories about what Parmenides actually believed — frank
His One of Necessity has no beginning; it is ever and always. Did the One make our universe that has time in it linearly or did the One make it all at once and then replay it slower so as to be experienced in time? Or did the One always have everything in it, such as our universe, and then plays it slower. — PoeticUniverse
"Ex nihilo nihil fit (nothing comes from nothing". — Parmenides
Since ex nihilo nihil fit, Parmenides rejected becoming; after all becoming implies an initial stage of nonbeing which in Parmenides universe is either nothing ... — TheMadFool
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