parmenides

"Who was Parmenides?"

"A philosopher from Elea."

"When did Parmenides live?"

"Around 540–470 BCE."

"Where was Parmenides born?"

"Elea

"What is Parmenides known for?"

"Teaching that reality is one and unchanging."

"What was Parmenides’ main work?"

"On Nature."

"What school did Parmenides found?"

"The Eleatic School."

"What are the two paths in his poem?"

"Truth and Opinion."

"What does the Way of Truth teach?"

"Being is; non-being is not."

"What does the Way of Opinion teach?"

"Senses deceive us."

"What did Parmenides believe about change?"

"It is an illusion."

"What did Parmenides believe about nothingness?"

"Nothing cannot exist."

"What did Parmenides believe about motion?"

"True Being does not move."

"What did Parmenides believe about reality?"

"It is one

"Who defended Parmenides’ ideas?"

"Zeno of Elea."

"Who was influenced by Parmenides?"

"Plato."

"What did Plato develop from Parmenides?"

"The Theory of Forms."

"What did Parmenides think about the senses?"

"They are unreliable."

"What did Parmenides believe about being?"

"It cannot come from nothing."

"Who expanded his theory?"

"Melissus of Samos."

"What method did Parmenides use?"

"Reasoning over sensory evidence."

"What does Eleatic Monism mean?"

"All reality is one unchanging Being."

"What did Parmenides think about the void?"

"It does not exist."

"What is Parmenides’ main theme?"

"Reality is eternal and unchanging."

"Who was Parmenides’ student?"

"Zeno of Elea."

"What did Zeno use to defend Parmenides?"

"Paradoxes."

"What did Parmenides influence?"

"Metaphysics."

"What did Parmenides oppose?"

"Heraclitus’ idea of change."

"What is the 'Way of Being'?"

"The path of reason and truth."

"What is the 'Way of Non-Being'?"

"The path of illusion."

"What did Parmenides teach about knowledge?"

"It comes from reason."

"What did Parmenides say about coming into being?"

"Nothing comes from nothing."

"What did Parmenides think of the universe?"

"It is one and continuous."

"What did Parmenides influence in Plato?"

"The concept of eternal forms."

"Who were Eleatic philosophers?"

"Parmenides

"What kind of reasoning did Parmenides use?"

"Deductive reasoning."

"What did Parmenides inspire in Greek thought?"

"Logic over myth."

"What is his philosophical era?"

"Presocratic era."

"What was Parmenides’ main concept?"

"Being."

"Who opposed his monism?"

"Empedocles and the Atomists."

"What did Parmenides influence in logic?"

"Principle of non-contradiction."

"What did he say about beginning and end?"

"Reality has neither."

"What did Parmenides reject?"

"Change

"What is Being for Parmenides?"

"That which truly exists."

"What is Non-Being?"

"That which cannot exist."

"What did Parmenides use to express ideas?"

"A philosophical poem."

"What did Parmenides symbolize?"

"Shift from myth to reason."

"Who were his possible teachers?"

"Xenophanes or Ameinias."

"Who is the goddess in his poem?"

"Symbol of wisdom and truth."

"How many lines of his poem survive?"

"About 150 of 800."

"What form did his work use?"

"Verse poetry."