"Parmenides" Quotes
A philosophical exploration of Parmenides' ancient poem on the nature of reality and the concept of being.
philosophy | 192 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
For to be aware and to be are the same.
existenceawareness
Thinking is the most intimate and essential of all human endeavors.
thinkingintrospection
To be is to be perceived.
perceptionexistence
The same thing can both be and not be.
contradictionparadox
The path of truth is a difficult one to traverse.
truthdifficulty
Being is eternal and unchanging.
eternitystability
Nothingness is a mere illusion.
illusionnothingness
The unity of being is all-encompassing and indivisible.
unitywholeness
Being is beyond the reach of our senses.
transcendenceperception
To speak of non-being is to speak of something that cannot be.
non-beingimpossibility
