Parmenides and the Eleatics: Nothing Ever Changes
Parmenides and the Eleatics, contrary to Heraclitus, theorised that there can be no change, no motion, no plurality. They were the pioneers of certain logical methods of argumentation that are still in use today, and their views, no matter how wrong, could not be easily countered by their contemporaries, so watch this video to find out everything about them!
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Chapter Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Series Signposting and Overview
00:49 Geography and Context
01:46 Establishing 'Being'
05:05 Attributes of 'Being'
06:03 The world of 'Seeming'
06:41 Melissus and his arguments against motion and change
08:19 Zeno and his Paradoxes
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Sources:
Laks, A. & Most, G. W. (eds.) (2016). Early Greek Philosophy. Loeb Classical Library 525-532. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press
