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A 5 page paper which summarizes the Greek philosopher’s argument, considers a criticism of the soundness of Parmenides’ reasoning, explaining the position of agreement or disagreement, compares this view with the atomism of Democritus, and explains if Democritus could accept Parmenides’ argument and its conclusion. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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meant that his view of reality was that of something which was completely static and unchanging. He believed the notion of change originated with the senses, and since their
perceptions could easily be manipulated, they could not be trusted. This was the foundation upon which what has become known as Parmenides argument rests. Parmenides asserted that "what
is, is," and is undivided, eternal and unchanging (Allen and Wilbur, 1979, p. 108). He concentrates his emphasis solely on what is, without making any reference to what is
not. That is, because in Parmenides mind, what is not constitutes nothing and is therefore not worthy of mention. What is represents Being or reality, which is eternal
and not subject to change. He has constructed a dialectic argument that dismisses motion and change as nothing more than sensory illusions. Also, by stating that what is
is eternal, Parmenides is also denying the existence of a past or future. According to Honderich (1995), this is essential in articulating the concept of reality into "a thinking
thing, and the object of its own thought" (p. 646). Ever the rationalist, Parmenides believed there could be nothing could be conceived of without thought. Therefore, it was
necessary to transform reality into an object or thought, which further distinguished it from the perceptions that for Parmenides constituted false impressions, which are nothing. In Parmenides world, there
can only be something or an association between two things; something can never evolve from nothing because nothing never existed in the first place. Reality rests solely on the
capacity of human thought, which transforms an object into something. Since nothing occupies neither matter nor space, it is inconceivable and therefore has no place in the real world
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