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A 5 page essay that examines this dialogue by Plato, focusing on the complex Platonic concepts presented in the conversation between Socrates and Elea philosophers, Parmenides and Zeno. No additional sources cited.
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of two major sections, connected by a transitional section. The first section is a lively conversation that largely concerns a discussion of Zenos book, in which Socrates asserts is
largely a restatement of the philosophy of Parmenides, who then criticizes Socrates proposal. Surprisingly, since Socrates presents a theory concerning forms that is purely Platonic in origin, he fails thoroughly
in defending his stance. In the transitional section, Parmenides switches sides and argues that there has to be forms since humanity needs forms, and that, perhaps, Socrates posited this theory
too soon, before he had received proper training (Gill, 1996). The second section, which takes up three-quarters of this work, offers a lengthy oration about the sort of training that
Parmenides feels is necessary to complete Socrates education. This section lacks the interaction that characterized the conversation in the first section. The following discussion will, therefore, concentrate on the first
section of the Parmenides and how it incorporates Platonic perspective. (Gill, 1996). The Parmenides is considered to be one of Platos most important dialogues and also one of his
most enigmatic. In this dialogue, a young Socrates discusses at length entities that are referred to as "forms," which are "eternal, unchanging objects," each one with its own "unique nature"
that can be grasped with the human mind, but not with human senses (Gill, 1996,p. 1). The first part of the Parmenides, Plato has Socrates, who is supposedly about
nineteen or twenty years of age when this conversations takes place, present a theory of forms, which is then scrutinized and dissected by the elderly philosopher Parmenides. In the initial
conversation between Socrates and Zeno, Socrates asserts that Parmenides argued in his poem that "the all is one" (128a-b), that reality consists of just one thing. Furthermore, Socrates argues that
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