Parmenides of Elea#Parmenides
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Parmenides of Elea · c. 515–450 BCE
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“Parmenides was the first philosopher to argue — to build a chain of reasoning from premises to conclusion — and his argument proved something obviously insane that nobody could actually refute.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“If you follow pure logic wherever it leads, reality must be one single, unchanging, eternal thing — and all change, motion, and variety must be an illusion.”
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