Parmenides

Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE

About this book

"Parmenides" by Plato is a dialogue written in ancient Greece. It depicts a young Socrates meeting the renowned philosophers Parmenides and Zeno, who challenge his Theory of Forms. Through rigorous questioning, Parmenides presents five complex arguments that expose potential contradictions in Socrates' distinction between eternal Forms and particular things. The work reverses the usual dynamic, positioning Socrates as student rather than teacher, and explores fundamental questions about unity, plurality, and the nature of reality itself.

Notes

Socrates Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmenides_(dialogue))

Author
Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE
Reading level
B1 · Intermediate
Language
English

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