Parmenides quotes

The only roads of enquiry there are to think of: one, that it is and that it is not possible for it not to be, this is the path of persuasion (for truth is its companion); the other, that it is not and that it must not be - this I say to you is a path wholly unknowable. (Parmenides)
Never will this prevail, that the things that are not are - bar your thought from this road of inquiry. View quote
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There is one story left, one road: that it is. And on this road there are very many signs that, being, is uncreated and imperishable, whole, unique, unwavering, and complete. View quote
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You must learn all things, both the unshaken heart of persuasive truth, and the opinions of mortals in which there is no true warranty. View quote
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It is indifferent to me where I am to begin, for there shall I return again. View quote
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Do not let habit, born from experience, force you along this road, directing aimless eye and echoing ear and tongue; but judge by reason the much contested proof which I have spoken. View quote
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For it is the same thing that can be thought and that can be. View quote
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We can speak and think only of what exists. And what exists is uncreated and imperishable for it is whole and unchanging and complete. It was not or nor shall be different since it is now, all at once, one and continuous. View quote
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Change is an illusion. View quote
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Every thing is of the nature of no thing. View quote
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Gaze steadfastly at things which, though far away, are yet present to the mind. (Parmenides)
Let reason alone decide. View quote
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