<P> Parmenides of Elea ( / pɑːrˈmɛnɪdiːz əv ˈɛliə / ; Greek : Παρμενίδης ὁ Ἐλεάτης ; fl . late sixth or early fifth century BC ) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea in Magna Graecia ( Greater Greece , included Southern Italy ) . 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 . He has been considered to be the founder of metaphysics or ontology . </P>
<P> Parmenides of Elea ( / pɑːrˈmɛnɪdiːz əv ˈɛliə / ; Greek : Παρμενίδης ὁ Ἐλεάτης ; fl . late sixth or early fifth century BC ) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea in Magna Graecia ( Greater Greece , included Southern Italy ) . 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 . He has been considered to be the founder of metaphysics or ontology . </P>
who thought atoms and the void comprised all of reality
who thought atoms and the void comprised all of reality
Parmenides of Elea
Parmenides of Elea