Associations to the word «Parmenides»

Wiktionary

PARMENIDES, proper noun. An Ancient Greek philosopher born in Elea, in southern Italy. Founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy.

Dictionary definition

PARMENIDES, noun. A presocratic Greek philosopher born in Italy; held the metaphysical view that being is the basic substance and ultimate reality of which all things are composed; said that motion and change are sensory illusions (5th century BC).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca