Parmenides. Parmenides of Elea (/pɑrˈmɛnɨdiːz əv ˈɛliə/; Ancient Greek: Παρμενίδης ὁ Ἐλεάτης; fl. 5th century BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher born in Elea, a Greek city on the southern coast of Magna Graecia. He was the founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy. The single known work of Parmenides is a poem, On Nature, which has survived only in fragmentary form. In this poem, Parmenides describes two views of reality. In "the way of truth" (a part of the poem), he explains how reality (coined as "what-is") is one, change is impossible, and existence is timeless, uniform, necessary, and unchanging.
In "the way of opinion," he explains the world of appearances, in which one's sensory faculties lead to conceptions which are false and deceitful. Life[edit] On Nature[edit] Parmenides is one of the most significant of the pre-Socratic philosophers.[12] His only known work, conventionally titled On Nature, is a poem which has only survived in fragmentary form. Proem[edit] The Way of Truth[edit] Database of wikipedia edits. "Have snowclone will travel" Snowclone is a neologism for a type of cliché and phrasal template originally defined as "a multi-use, customizable, instantly recognizable, time-worn, quoted or misquoted phrase or sentence that can be used in an entirely open array of different variants".[1] An example of a snowclone is the phrase "grey is the new black," which gave rise to the template "X is the new Y.
" X and Y may be replaced with different words or phrases—for example, "comedy is the new rock 'n' roll. "[2] Using "there are always more fish in the sea" as a template, one could say, "there are always more sharks in the cesspool. " The term "snowclone" can be applied to both the original phrase and to any new phrase that uses its formula. History[edit] If Eskimos have N words for snow, X surely have Y words for Z. See also[edit] References[edit] Further reading[edit] External links[edit] The Snowclones Database. List of open source software packages.