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Parmenides
Biography
Birthplace: Born in Elea (Southern Italy), around 515 BCE.
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Background: Parmenides was a pre-Socratic philosopher and a founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy.
Works: His main work, On Nature, was written as a poem divided into two parts: "The Way of Truth" and "The Way of Opinion."
Concept of constancy in physics: Parmenides' idea of an unchanging "Being" can be related to conservation laws in physics like, for example, the conservation of energy.
understanding of Arche
He rejected the idea of change and plurality, claiming that reality is unchanging and indivisible.
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Metaphysical Explanation
Logic and Reason: Parmenides emphasized that reason, not the senses, is the path to truth.
Key ideas
Monism: Reality is singular; there is only one unchanging, eternal "Being."
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