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Philosophy demands attention. This book invites you to read calmly and offers a clear, structured path -without losing rigor or falling into oversimplification.
In On Nature, Parmenides presented truth through the frame of a chariot journey and proposed two paths: the path of truth and the path of opinion. His most famous claim is simple in form and unsettling in its consequences: "what is" can neither arise from "what is not" nor pass into it.
That formula could seem abstract, even contradictory, but it had enormous consequences for every attempt to explain reality. Zeno carried that demand to its extremes, defending Parmenides with paradoxes that forced the listener to choose between what seems evident and what can be affirmed with certainty.
After Parmenides and Zeno, every rational explanation had to demonstrate its logical consistency.
In this book you'll find:

• their key ideas explained in their historical context
  • Being as necessity (what is cannot not be)
  • truth and appearance
  • paradoxes of motion
• a look at their impact on later thought
• their reflections on the divine, truth, good and evil, and death
• a final section of critiques and open questions to deepen the exploration
• a guide to sources and recommended readings

This volume is part of the series Complex Philosophy in Simple Terms. Each book can be read on its own, but it also connects with the others within a larger journey that traces Western philosophy from its beginnings to the modern search for meaning.

Parametry knihy

• Plný název: The Eleatics
• Podnázev: Parmenides, Zeno of Elea
• Autor: Enrico Livia
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 60
• EAN: 9798185506905
• ID: 53202065
• Nakladatelství: Independently published
• Hmotnost: 88 g
• Rozměry: 229 × 152 × 4 mm
• Datum vydání: 03. July 2026

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