Parmenides Quotes on Nature
Parmenides of Elea was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of the late sixth and early fifth centuries BC, the founder of the Eleatic school and one of the most influential thinkers of the Pre-Socratic period. This page collects quotes attributed to Parmenides on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Parmenides:
“It is the same thing to think and to be.”
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Attributed to Parmenides:
“What is, is; what is not, is not.”
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Attributed to Parmenides:
“Coming into being is extinguished, and destruction is unknown.”
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Attributed to Parmenides:
“What is is uncreated and indestructible, whole, of one kind, and unmoving.”