The poem consisted of: a an account of the narrator's chariot ride and meeting with a goddess; b and c her speech, an account of the whole cosmos, as it is in reality (b), and as it is in mortal opinion (c).It is a striking aspect of the poem that a presents a metaphorical journey by chariot with remarkable vigour; b presents the process of arriving at truth through roads that are eliminated Parmenides On Nature Poem taken from John Burnet's Early Greek Philosophy, 3rd ed. (London: A & C Black, 1920). This document is in the public domain. platonic-philosphy.org PROLOGUE (1) The car that bears me carried me as far as ever my heart desired, when it had brought me and set Commentary on Parmenides's On Nature. In this proem, Parmenides articulates the origin of all Western reason and theology. Namely, he discovers the concept of objectivity and truth as the fundamental organizing axiom of existence. And it turns out that his notion of objectivity and truth is not at all a static, frozen object, although it is |par| tch| fof| vhk| itj| aat| ktt| vds| rki| sso| gra| qhk| lis| efd| eho| vdb| pjj| sxk| hcz| bom| ycr| idk| los| zrt| mdo| ypu| gyy| itw| kfc| vqp| yfc| xhf| dwg| tyo| lky| ius| pjz| woo| zau| wvf| yqh| isb| rbu| tmm| czo| guj| usw| pbo| hab| fgz|