The question why the poem of Parmenides includes a detailed account of the origin and the order of the world that according to his ontology is deprived of truth, cannot be answered with certainty.

Our big think-piece for Christmas is a portrait of the pre-Socratic philosopher Parmenides, by the doctor, writer and general polymath Raymond Tallis. Tallis believes that Parmenides's model of a ...

As John Palmer fairly observes, what is relevant to this question is not how Parmenides should be interpreted by us, but how he was interpreted by Plato, and the book makes a number of controversial ...

Parmenides of Elea was an ancient Greek philosopher who lived in the early 5th century BCE in the city of Elea, located in present-day southern Italy. He is regarded as one of the most influential pre ...