Parmenides The Dawn of Western Metaphysics

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Parmenides of Elea is a pre-Socratic philosopher best known for his thesis of being. His sole work, On Nature, is composed of three sections: Proem, Reality, and Opinion. After exploring all three, this video acknowledges an apparent contradiction between sections of Reality and Opinion also known as the A-D Paradox. Four interpretations of the solution to the paradox are offered. Finally, the common viewpoint of Heraclitus vs Parmenides is challenged through inspecting their respective histories and thought. • Music: • tony stocker - city lights • • tony stocker - city lights • Timestamps: • 00:00 || Introduction • 00:56 || On Nature: Proem, Reality, Opinion • 10:58 || The A-D Paradox and Four Interpretations • 17:03 || Heraclitus and Parmenides • 21:16 || Conclusion • Sources: • Grondin, Jean. Introduction to Metaphysics: from Parmenides to Levinas. Columbia University Press, 2012. • Curd, Patricia. A Presocratics Reader: Selected Fragments and Testimonia. Hackett Publishing, 2011. • Palmer, John. “Parmenides.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 2 Aug. 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/parmenides/. • DeLong, Jeremy C. Parmenides of Elea. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://iep.utm.edu/parmenid/. • Hobbs, Angie. Parmenides. Philosophy Overdose. • Video • Heraclitus, and Dennis Sweet. Heraclitus: Translation and Analysis. Lanham: Univ. Press of America, 1995.

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