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On Nature (poem)

Parmenides

A didactic poem in dactylic hexameters, divided into a proem and two parts. In the proem (B1) a youth travels by chariot to the gates of Night and Day and is received by a goddess who promises to teach him the truth and the opinions of mortals. The way of truth (B2–B8.49) argues that only "what is" can be thought and said, and deduces that it is unborn, imperishable, one, continuous, unmoving and like a sphere. The way of opinion (B8.50–B19) sets out a cosmology of two principles, light and night, with theories of the stars, the moon, generation and thought. It is the founding text of Western ontology.

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Перевод: John Burnet · 54 главы · 8 ч чтения

  1. 1Early Greek Philosophy, cap. IV: Parmenides of Elea1′
  2. 2PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION1′
  3. 3PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION2′
  4. 4INTRODUCTION39′
  5. 5CHAPTER I THE MILESIAN SCHOOL2′
  6. 6I. Thales12′
  7. 7II. Anaximander24′
  8. 8III. Anaximenes10′
  9. 9CHAPTER II SCIENCE AND RELIGION7′
  10. 10I. Pythagoras of Samos30′
  11. 11II. Xenophanes of Kolophon18′
  12. 12CHAPTER III HERAKLEITOS OF EPHESOS · 16′
  13. 13CHAPTER III HERAKLEITOS OF EPHESOS · 22′
  14. 14CHAPTER III HERAKLEITOS OF EPHESOS · 32′
  15. 15CHAPTER III HERAKLEITOS OF EPHESOS · 43′
  16. 16CHAPTER III HERAKLEITOS OF EPHESOS · 513′
  17. 17CHAPTER III HERAKLEITOS OF EPHESOS · 627′
  18. 18CHAPTER IV PARMENIDES OF ELEA37′
  19. 19CHAPTER V EMPEDOKLES OF AKRAGAS · 114′
  20. 20CHAPTER V EMPEDOKLES OF AKRAGAS · 27′
  21. 21CHAPTER V EMPEDOKLES OF AKRAGAS · 32′
  22. 22CHAPTER V EMPEDOKLES OF AKRAGAS · 44′
  23. 23CHAPTER V EMPEDOKLES OF AKRAGAS · 55′
  24. 24CHAPTER V EMPEDOKLES OF AKRAGAS · 614′
  25. 25CHAPTER V EMPEDOKLES OF AKRAGAS · 713′
  26. 26CHAPTER V EMPEDOKLES OF AKRAGAS · 87′
  27. 27CHAPTER VI ANAXAGORAS OF KLAZOMENAI32′
  28. 28CHAPTER VII THE PYTHAGOREANS37′
  29. 29CHAPTER VIII THE YOUNGER ELEATICS1′
  30. 30I. Zeno of Elea12′
  31. 31II. Melissos of Samos11′
  32. 32CHAPTER IX LEUKIPPOS OF MILETOS25′
  33. 33CHAPTER X ECLECTICISM AND REACTION1′
  34. 34I. Hippon of Samos1′
  35. 35II. Diogenes of Apollonia9′
  36. 36III. Archelaos of Athens4′
  37. 37A.—PHILOSOPHERS2′
  38. 38B.—DOXOGRAPHERS2′
  39. 39I. Doxographers Proper3′
  40. 40II. Biographical Doxographers1′
  41. 41C.—BIOGRAPHERS1′
  42. 42D.—CHRONOLOGISTS1′
  43. 43I. ENGLISH · 11′
  44. 44I. ENGLISH · 22′
  45. 45I. ENGLISH · 31′
  46. 46I. ENGLISH · 41′
  47. 47I. ENGLISH · 51′
  48. 48I. ENGLISH · 61′
  49. 49I. ENGLISH · 71′
  50. 50I. ENGLISH · 82′
  51. 51I. ENGLISH · 91′
  52. 52I. ENGLISH · 101′
  53. 53I. ENGLISH · 111′
  54. 54II. GREEK3′
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