![]() He is also considered to be the founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy, which also included Zeno of Elea and Melissus of Samos. Parmenides has been considered the founder of ontology and has, through his influence on Plato, influenced the whole history of Western philosophy. ![]() The second view, the way of " Doxa", or opinion, describes the world of appearances, in which one's sensory faculties lead to conceptions which are false and deceitful. The first, the Way of " Aletheia" or truth, describes how all reality is one, change is impossible, and existence is timeless and uniform. In his poem, Parmenides prescribes two views of reality. ![]() The single known work by Parmenides is a poem whose original title is unknown but which is often referred to as On Nature. He is thought to have been in his prime (or " floruit") around 475 BC. 450 BC, which, if true, suggests a year of birth of c. His dates are uncertain according to doxographer Diogenes Laërtius, he flourished just before 500 BC, which would put his year of birth near 540 BC, but in the dialogue Parmenides Plato has him visiting Athens at the age of 65, when Socrates was a young man, c. Parmenides was born in the Greek colony of Elea, from a wealthy and illustrious family. ![]() ![]() late sixth or early fifth century BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea in Magna Graecia. Parmenides of Elea ( / p ɑːr ˈ m ɛ n ɪ d iː z . Zeno of Elea, Melissus of Samos, Democritus, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Plato ![]()
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